Title 17b — Title 17b: Social Services

Sec. 17b-82. “Rated housing facility” defined. As used in sections 17b-83 and 17b-601, “rated housing facility” means (1) a boarding facility or home, except for a community companion home, licensed by the Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Mental Health and …

Sec. 17b-83. (Formerly Sec. 17-82g). Form of aid. Direct payment for certain services. Payment of clean claims. The aid granted under the state supplement program or the temporary family assistance program shall be in the form of money payments and shall be made by the commission…

Sec. 17b-84. (Formerly Sec. 17-82i). Funeral and burial allowance for state supplement or temporary family assistance program beneficiaries. Reductions. Disclosure of information regarding liquid assets. (a) Upon the death of any beneficiary under the state supplement or the temp…

Sec. 17b-85. (Formerly Sec. 17-82j). Notice by beneficiary of receipt of property, transfer or encumbrance of property or change in information previously furnished. Exception for participants in supplemental assistance nutrition program. If any person receiving an award for the …

Sec. 17b-850. (Formerly Sec. 17-580). Program for shelter services for victims of household abuse. (a) The Department of Social Services shall establish a program for shelter services for victims of household abuse and may contract with any nonprofit organization to provide such …

Sec. 17b-851. (Formerly Sec. 17-618). Families-in-training programs. The Department of Social Services shall establish, within available appropriations, families-in-training programs to provide parent education and community support services to expectant parents and parents of ch…

Sec. 17b-851a. Program for reduction of teenage pregnancies. The Department of Social Services shall develop, within existing appropriations, a comprehensive plan, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Children and…

Sec. 17b-852. (Formerly Sec. 8-221). Human resource development program. For the purposes of sections 8-201 to 8-220a, inclusive, 8-222b, 8-226 to 8-239a, inclusive, this section and sections 17b-853 to 17b-855, inclusive: (1) “Human resource development program” means a program,…

Sec. 17b-853. (Formerly Sec. 8-222). State grants-in-aid for human resource development programs. Submission of application and advisory opinion. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Social Services, may enter into a contract with a grantee for st…

Sec. 17b-854. (Formerly Sec. 8-222a). Limitation on state financial assistance to human resource development agencies. The Commissioner of Social Services shall not render financial assistance in any one municipality to more than one human resource development agency designated u…

Sec. 17b-855. (Formerly Sec. 8-223). Research activity of commissioner. The Commissioner of Social Services is authorized to undertake and carry out research activities, including, but not limited to, (a) examination of the needs of municipalities, metropolitan areas and the stat…

Sec. 17b-856. Grants to hospitals. The Department of Social Services may provide grants to hospitals to pay for outreach and eligibility determinations for assistance to families. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, the sum of two million dollars appropr…

Sec. 17b-857. Hispanic, communities of color organizations. Pilot grant program. Report. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “eligible community-based organization” means an organization that (A) has tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, (B) ha…

Secs. 17b-858 to 17b-884. Reserved for future use. Note: Chapter 319xx is also reserved for future use.

Sec. 17b-86. (Formerly Sec. 17-82k). Aid inalienable. Aid provided under the state supplement program, medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program, state-administered general assistance program or supplemental nutrition assistance program shall be inalienable …

Sec. 17b-87. (Formerly Sec. 17-82l). Discontinuance of aid after removal from state. No award under the temporary family assistance program shall continue after the removal of the beneficiary from this state; and no award under the state supplement program shall continue for more…

Sec. 17b-88. (Formerly Sec. 17-82m). Overpayments. Recoupment. Administrative disqualification hearings. If a beneficiary of assistance under the state supplement program, medical assistance program, aid to families with dependent children program, temporary family assistance pro…

Sec. 17b-885. (Formerly Sec. 17-635). Definitions. When used in sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive: (a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Social Services; (b) “Community action agency” means a public or private nonprofit agency which has previously been designated by a…

Sec. 17b-886. (Formerly Sec. 17-636). Agency board. (a) Each community action agency shall administer its program through a community action board which shall consist of not more than fifty-one and not less than fifteen members and shall be so constituted that: (1) One-third of t…

Sec. 17b-887. (Formerly Sec. 17-637). Agency functions. The functions of a community action agency shall, subject to the provisions of sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, and the approval of the Commissioner of Social Services, include, but not be limited to: (1) Planning sys…

Sec. 17b-888. (Formerly Sec. 17-638). Agency funding. Transfer of funds; delegation of powers. A community action agency shall have authority to enter into contracts with private and public nonprofit agencies, to receive and administer funds received pursuant to sections 17b-885 …

Sec. 17b-889. (Formerly Sec. 17-639). Program; community participation; agency priorities. Each community action agency shall establish procedures to assure maximum feasible participation of neighborhood-based organizations, residents of the community and members of the groups se…

Sec. 17b-88a. Recoveries or overpayments under AFDC program, account for payment of. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year thereafter, with the approval of the Office of Policy and Management, the Department of Social Services may credit to a nonlapsing a…

Sec. 17b-89. (Formerly Sec. 17-82n). Change in level of assistance payments authorized. The Commissioner of Social Services, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may selectively increase or decrease the level of certain assistance payments in any of the public assistance p…

Sec. 17b-890. (Formerly Sec. 17-640). Program; participant objectives. The priorities of a community action program may include, but not be limited to, component projects designed to assist participants including the elderly poor, in attaining the following objectives: (1) To sec…

Sec. 17b-891. (Formerly Sec. 17-641). Delegation of administration of component projects by agencies; area representation. Where consistent with sound and efficient management and subject to federal law and regulations and the regulations adopted pursuant to section 17b-895, a co…

Sec. 17b-892. (Formerly Sec. 17-642). Failure to comply with statutes; loss of designation to serve; assistance to establish new agency. A community action agency shall lose its designation to serve a political subdivision, or a group of political subdivisions, only if the commis…

Sec. 17b-893. (Formerly Sec. 17-643). Financial assistance. The commissioner may provide financial assistance to community action agencies for planning, conducting, administering and evaluating community action programs and component projects. (P.A. 82-84, S. 9, 12; P.A. 83-20, S…

Sec. 17b-894. (Formerly Sec. 17-644). Representatives of community action agencies recognized as knowledgeable on issues affecting persons of low income, persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities. Compliance with civil rights laws. (a) Representatives of community act…

Sec. 17b-895. (Formerly Sec. 17-645). Regulations. On or before October 1, 1982, the Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement sections 17b-885 to 17b-894, inclusive. (P.A. 82-84, S. 11, 12; P.A. 93-262,…

Sec. 17b-8a. Medicaid Coverage for the Lowest Income Populations program: Eligibility and service plan. Legislative review. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17b-8, the Commissioner of Social Services shall submit an eligibility and service plan for the Medicaid Coverage …

Sec. 17b-9. (Formerly Sec. 17-2l). Annual report to the General Assembly. The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly no later than January first. The report shall: (1) Outline the department's goals and objectives; and (2) include in…

Sec. 17b-90. (Formerly Sec. 17-83). Disclosure of information concerning program applicants and participants. Limitations. Regulations. (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, necessary to enable him to carry out the programs the Department of…

Sec. 17b-91. (Formerly Sec. 17-83a). Eligibility exclusions. State supplement program. Temporary family assistance program. (a) The commissioner shall exclude, in the determination of eligibility for the state supplement program and the temporary family assistance program, burial…

Sec. 17b-92. (Formerly Sec. 17-83c). Relocation adjustment payments and reimbursements for moving and relocation expenses not considered income, earnings, assets or rent. (a) A relocation adjustment payment under Section 114 of the federal Housing Act of 1949, as amended, shall n…

Sec. 17b-93. (Formerly Sec. 17-83e). Claim of state for repayment of aid required to be covered under federal law. Lien restrictions. Exception to lien restrictions for child support obligations. (a) On and after July 1, 2022, the state shall not recover properly paid cash assist…

Sec. 17b-94. (Formerly Sec. 17-83f). Claim of state against proceeds of cause of action. Assignment of interest in estate to the state. Recovery limitations. Section 17b-94 is repealed, effective July 1, 2022. (1969, P.A. 730, S. 29; 1971, P.A. 114; P.A. 77-263; 77-614, S. 70, 58…

Sec. 17b-95. (Formerly Sec. 17-83g). Claim of state on death of Medicaid beneficiary for amounts due under federal law. Priority of claims. (a) Upon the death of any person who has at any time been a beneficiary of the Medicaid program, the state shall have a claim against such p…

Sec. 17b-96. (Formerly Sec. 17-83h). Collection of state's claim. Disposition of recoveries. The Attorney General shall collect any claim which the state may have hereunder against any person, or his estate, and any amount recovered shall be paid to the State Treasurer, to be pla…

Sec. 17b-97. (Formerly Sec. 17-83i). Fraud in obtaining aid or food stamp or supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits or in receiving payment. Penalties. Unlawful award of public assistance benefits. (a) Any food stamps or supplemental nutrition assistance furnished or …

Sec. 17b-98. (Formerly Sec. 17-83j). Cost of aid and administration. The cost of aid furnished under the state supplement program, medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program, state-administered general assistance program and supplemental nutrition assistance …

Sec. 17b-99. (Formerly Sec. 17-83k). Vendor fraud penalties. Distribution of medical assistance program rules. Regulations. Audits of service providers. Appeal. (a) Any vendor found guilty of vendor fraud under sections 53a-290 to 53a-296, inclusive, shall be subject to forfeitur…

Sec. 17b-99a. Audits of long-term care facilities. (a)(1) For purposes of this section, (A) “extrapolation” means the determination of an unknown value by projecting the results of the review of a sample to the universe from which the sample was drawn, (B) “facility” means any fa…

Sec. 17b-99b. Joint report re Medicaid fraud prevention and overpayment recovery. (a) On January 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Services, in coordination with the Chief State's Attorney and the Attorney General, shall submit a joint report on the sta…

Sec. 17b-99c. Audit protocols and procedures. Reports by commissioner. Not later than February 15, 2015, the Commissioner of Social Services shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having c…