(a) The Department of Social Services shall act as the single state agency to coordinate, plan and publish annually the state social services plan for the implementation of social services block grants and community services block grants as required by federal law and regulation. Said department shall furnish copies of said plan to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and human services, at least sixty days prior to publication, for their review and recommendations, and shall consult with and furnish to said committees any additional information on such plan which they may request.
(b) The Department of Social Services shall provide for the development of all mandated outreach programs in accordance with any mandate of the federal government as required by federal law and regulation for the implementation of social services block grants and community services block grants.
(c) The Department of Social Services shall, on or before December fifteenth, annually, report to the Governor and said joint standing committees with regard to the activity of the department in the implementation of social services block grants and community services block grants, including but not limited to, fiscal data on expenditures of state and federal funds thereunder, and any recommendations for needed program legislation to insure the receipt of all federal funds available to the state from such grants.
(d) Any organization receiving block grants pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of section 17b-99.
(P.A. 75-420, S. 1–4, 6; P.A. 77-555; 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 78-265, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-314, S. 37, 63; P.A. 87-216, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-169, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 77-555 required annual publication of plan, added provisions re consultation with human services and appropriations committees, clarified Subsec. (c) and made its provisions generally applicable; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of social services with department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-265 added Subsec. (d); Sec. 17-2i transferred to Sec. 17-31h in 1979; P.A. 82-314 changed official names of human services and appropriations committees; P.A. 87-216 changed “Title XX of the Social Security Act” to “social services block grants and community services block grants” and deleted Subsec. (d) re designation of matching sum; Sec. 17-31h transferred to Sec. 17-577 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-577 transferred to Sec. 17b-26 in 1995; P.A. 96-169 added Subsec. (d) making organizations receiving block grants subject to the provisions of Sec. 17b-99.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services
Section 17b-2. - Programs administered by the Department of Social Services.
Section 17b-3. - Commissioner of Social Services: Powers and duties.
Section 17b-5. - Implementation plan.
Section 17b-6. - Department of Social Services: Regional administrators. Agency goals.
Section 17b-7. (Formerly Sec. 17-3i). - General assistance training programs.
Section 17b-7a. - State-wide fraud early detection system. Regulations. Quarterly reports.
Section 17b-9. (Formerly Sec. 17-2l). - Annual report to the General Assembly.
Section 17b-10a. - Department of Social Services policies and procedures. Implementation.
Section 17b-10b. - Department of Social Services policies and procedures. Implementation.
Section 17b-11a. - Adult family living classification in rated housing.
Section 17b-12. (Formerly Sec. 17-11b). - Acceptance of bequests or gifts for services.
Section 17b-13. (Formerly Sec. 17-12). - Federal aid for emergency relief purposes.
Section 17b-14. (Formerly Sec. 17-12j). - Notification of federal sanctions and fines. Report.
Section 17b-20. (Formerly Sec. 17-574). - Grants for pilot projects or demonstrations.
Section 17b-22. (Formerly Sec. 17-106). - Agreements with other states.
Section 17b-24. (Formerly Sec. 17-573). - Contracts for comprehensive health care.
Section 17b-25. (Formerly Sec. 17-576). - Purchase or lease and management of property.
Section 17b-25a. - Toll-free vendor fraud telephone line.
Section 17b-25b. - Program for persons suffering from Huntington's disease.
Section 17b-28a. - Waiver Application Development Council. Medicaid waiver unit.
Section 17b-28b. - Competitive bidding for Medicaid managed care plans.
Section 17b-28f. - Care management subcontractors. Report on costs and profit.
Section 17b-28g. - Notice of amendment to Medicaid state plan.
Section 17b-28j. - Amendment to Medicaid state plan re community violence prevention services.
Section 17b-30. - Biometric identifier system.
Section 17b-31. - Parent's Fair Share Program.
Section 17b-32. - Pilot nurse practitioner training program.
Section 17b-55. - Regulations re welfare reform.
Section 17b-55a. - Service by state marshals.
Section 17b-55b. - Two-generation poverty reduction account.
Section 17b-56. (Formerly Sec. 17-21a). - Compact.
Section 17b-57. (Formerly Sec. 17-21b). - Administrator.
Section 17b-58. (Formerly Sec. 17-21c). - Administrator to coordinate activities.
Section 17b-59. (Formerly Sec. 17-21d). - Notice to other states of repeal of part.
Section 17b-59c. (Formerly Sec. 4-60l). - Approval of agency policies, programs and plans.
Section 17b-59d. - State-wide Health Information Exchange. Established.