A client may cancel a contract or service plan entered into with a homemaker-companion agency, pursuant to this chapter, at any time if such contract or service plan does not state a specific period of duration. A client shall only be obligated to pay for actual services rendered pursuant to such contract or service plan. A client shall not be billed by or on behalf of a homemaker-companion agency for excess fees or costs when such agency provides the services of a higher-skilled individual than needed by the client.
(P.A. 13-88, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 13-88 effective January 1, 2014.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 400o - Homemaker-Companion Agencies
Section 20-670. - Definitions.
Section 20-671. - Registration of homemaker-companion agencies required.
Section 20-672. - Application for registration. Fees. Failure to register.
Section 20-673. - Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; suspension; revocation.
Section 20-674. - Hearing on denial of certificate. Subsequent application.
Section 20-676. - Inspection of records and investigations. Powers of commissioner. Injunctions.
Section 20-679a. - Written notice requirements for registries.
Section 20-679b. - Client cancellation of contract or service plan.
Section 20-680. - Regulations. Report.
Section 20-683. - Prohibition on “no hire” clauses, penalties in contracts.