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Section 17b-1. - Department of Social Services. Successor department to Departments of Income Maintenance and Human Resources. - (a) There is established a Department of Social Services. The...
Section 17b-2. - Programs administered by the Department of Social Services. - The Department of Social Services is designated as the state...
Section 17b-3. - Commissioner of Social Services: Powers and duties. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall administer all law...
Section 17b-4. - Department of Social Services: Duties and services provided. Reports by nursing homes; regulations. - (a) The Department of Social Services shall plan, develop, administer,...
Section 17b-4a. - Department of Social Services: Public information and access to programs. Plan for comprehensive state service approach. Client-friendly application process. - (a) The Department of Social Services, in consultation with the...
Section 17b-5. - Implementation plan. - Section 17b-5 is repealed, effective July 1, 1995. (S.A. 92-20,...
Section 17b-6. - Department of Social Services: Regional administrators. Agency goals. - (a) There shall be a regional administrator who shall be...
Section 17b-7. (Formerly Sec. 17-3i). - General assistance training programs. - Section 17b-7 is repealed, effective October 1, 2004. (P.A. 85-564,...
Section 17b-7a. - State-wide fraud early detection system. Regulations. Quarterly reports. - The Commissioner of Social Services shall develop a state-wide fraud...
Section 17b-8. (Formerly Sec. 17-2k). - Commissioner's submission of application for waiver from federal law or waiver renewal and proposed amendment to the Medicaid state plan. Legislative review. Public hearing. Procedural requirements. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit an application...
Section 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...
Section 17b-9. (Formerly Sec. 17-2l). - Annual report to the General Assembly. - The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit an annual report...
Section 17b-10. (Formerly Sec. 17-3f). - Department of Social Services policy manuals. Posting online. Policies adopted as regulations. - (a) The Department of Social Services shall prepare and routinely...
Section 17b-10a. - Department of Social Services policies and procedures. Implementation. - The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-10, may...
Section 17b-10b. - Department of Social Services policies and procedures. Implementation. - The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-10, may...
Section 17b-10c. - Uniform Policy Manual revision to regulation format. Committee review. Posting on eRegulations System. - The Department of Social Services shall make technical and structural...
Section 17b-11. (Formerly Sec. 17-11). - Acceptance of federal funds. Disregard of certain federal increases for recipients of state supplement program. Increase in income disregarded for unrelated recipients who share living arrangements. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services is authorized and empowered...
Section 17b-11a. - Adult family living classification in rated housing. - The Commissioner of Social Services, within available appropriations, shall include...
Section 17b-12. (Formerly Sec. 17-11b). - Acceptance of bequests or gifts for services. - The Commissioner of Early Childhood may accept and receive, on...
Section 17b-13. (Formerly Sec. 17-12). - Federal aid for emergency relief purposes. - Section 17b-13 is repealed, effective June 3, 2011. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 17b-14. (Formerly Sec. 17-12j). - Notification of federal sanctions and fines. Report. - The Commissioner of Social Services shall report in writing within...
Section 17b-15. (Formerly Sec. 17-12p). - Implementation of the Family Support Act of 1988. Day care provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990. - Section 17b-15 is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (P.A. 89-280,...
Section 17b-16. (Formerly Sec. 17-12t). - Information and assistance to be provided re federal earned income credit. Promotion of greater utilization of federal earned income credit. - The Labor Department, in cooperation with the Department of Social...
Section 17b-16a. - Disclosure of current address of applicants or recipients of benefits under programs administered by the department. - The Department of Social Services shall disclose the current address...
Section 17b-16b. - Ineligibility for benefits under programs administered by department due to outstanding felony arrest warrants. - To the extent permitted by federal law, any person for...
Section 17b-16c. - Treatment of tax refunds made under Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 to applicants or recipients of benefits under programs operated by the department. - Section 17b-16c is repealed, effective January 15, 2009. (P.A. 08-68,...
Section 17b-17 and 17b-18. (Formerly Secs. 17-12aa and 17-12kk). - Assistance dependency report. Reports to the appropriations committee. - Sections 17b-17 and 17b-18 are repealed, effective October 1, 2003....
Section 17b-19. (Formerly Sec. 17-291). - Annual general assistance report. Records and reports by selectmen. Penalty. - Section 17b-19 is repealed, effective March 1, 2004. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 17b-20. (Formerly Sec. 17-574). - Grants for pilot projects or demonstrations. - The Commissioner of Social Services may provide grants to public...
Section 17b-21. (Formerly Sec. 17-583). - Civil legal services programs for indigent persons. Funding. - The Commissioner of Social Services shall, upon application of any...
Section 17b-22. (Formerly Sec. 17-106). - Agreements with other states. - The commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with...
Section 17b-23. (Formerly Sec. 17-572). - Commissioner may contract with Commissioner of Children and Families re delivery of services to children. - Section 17b-23 is repealed, effective July 1, 2014. (1971, P.A....
Section 17b-24. (Formerly Sec. 17-573). - Contracts for comprehensive health care. - The Commissioner of Social Services may enter into contracts with...
Section 17b-25. (Formerly Sec. 17-576). - Purchase or lease and management of property. - The Commissioner of Social Services may obtain real and personal...
Section 17b-25a. - Toll-free vendor fraud telephone line. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide toll-free telephone...
Section 17b-25b. - Program for persons suffering from Huntington's disease. - The Department of Social Services shall establish and administer a...
Section 17b-26. (Formerly Sec. 17-577). - Department designated as state agency responsible for implementation of social services block grants and community services block grants. Development of outreach program. Report. - (a) The Department of Social Services shall act as the...
Section 17b-27. - Voluntary parentage establishment program. Protocols. Regulations. Voluntary acknowledgment of parentage system established by Department of Public Health. - (a) Each hospital or other institution where births occur, and...
Section 17b-27a. - John S. Martinez Fatherhood Initiative. Objectives. Reports. Funding. Grant program. - Section 17b-27a is repealed, effective May 27, 2022. (P.A. 03-258,...
Section 17b-27b. - Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative. Definitions. Office established in Department of Social Services. - (a) As used in this section and section 17b-27c, (1)...
Section 17b-27c. - Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative. Council. Establishment. Duties. Membership. Funding. Grants. Reporting. - (a) There is established a CFI Council to approve the...
Section 17b-28. - Council on Medical Assistance Program Oversight. Duties. Appointments. Standing subcommittee. Report. - (a) There is established a Council on Medical Assistance Program...
Section 17b-28a. - Waiver Application Development Council. Medicaid waiver unit. - Section 17b-28a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 95-257,...
Section 17b-28b. - Competitive bidding for Medicaid managed care plans. - On and after January 1, 1997, the Department of Social...
Section 17b-28c. - Application for a federal waiver for pilot program based on principles of national Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). - The Commissioner of Social Services may submit an application for...
Section 17b-28d. - Amendment to state Medicaid plan to increase federal matching funds for Medicaid services provided to children requiring special education. Notice to boards of education re changes to policies or procedures. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the...
Section 17b-28e. - Amendment to Medicaid state plan re hospice, podiatry and independent behavioral health clinician services. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid...
Section 17b-28f. - Care management subcontractors. Report on costs and profit. - On and after July 1, 2002, each care management subcontractor...
Section 17b-28g. - Notice of amendment to Medicaid state plan. - The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit notice of any...
Section 17b-28h. - Amendment to Medicaid state plan re pilot program to provide managed care to persons served by Oak Hill. - The Commissioner of Social Services may, to the extent permitted...
Section 17b-28i. - Income disregard for veterans' Aid and Attendance pension benefits. Amendment to Medicaid state plan. - (a) To the extent permissible by federal law, the Commissioner...
Section 17b-28j. - Amendment to Medicaid state plan re community violence prevention services. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Community violence” means...
Section 17b-28k. - Amendment to Medicaid state plan re services to address health impacts of high childhood blood lead levels. - To the extent permissible under federal law and within available...
Section 17b-29. - Council to monitor implementation of temporary family assistance program and the employment services program. Appointments. Reports. - (a) There is established a council to monitor the implementation...
Section 17b-30. - Biometric identifier system. - (a) For purposes of this section, “biometric identifier system” means...
Section 17b-31. - Parent's Fair Share Program. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek a waiver...
Section 17b-32. - Pilot nurse practitioner training program. - (a) The Department of Social Services shall, within available appropriations...
Section 17b-34. - Commissioner of Social Services to obtain federal funds for health information technology. Disbursement of funds. Medicaid electronic health record incentive program. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the...
Section 17b-55. - Regulations re welfare reform. - Section 17b-55 is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (P.A. 95-194,...
Section 17b-55a. - Service by state marshals. - Commencing October 1, 2009, and monthly thereafter, the Commissioner of...
Section 17b-55b. - Two-generation poverty reduction account. - There is established a “two-generation poverty reduction account” which shall...
Section 17b-56. (Formerly Sec. 17-21a). - Compact. - The Interstate Compact on Welfare Services is hereby enacted into...
Section 17b-57. (Formerly Sec. 17-21b). - Administrator. - The Governor shall appoint an administrator of the Interstate Compact...
Section 17b-58. (Formerly Sec. 17-21c). - Administrator to coordinate activities. - Nothing in this part or in the compact enacted thereby...
Section 17b-59. (Formerly Sec. 17-21d). - Notice to other states of repeal of part. - In the event that this part is repealed at a...
Section 17b-59a. (Formerly Sec. 4-60i). - Development of uniform information and technology standards. Health information technology plan. Electronic data standards. State-wide Health Information Exchange. Report. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Electronic health information...
Section 17b-59b. (Formerly Sec. 4-60j). - Commissioner to consider advice of advisory boards and councils. - In fulfilling his or her responsibilities under sections 17b-59a and...
Section 17b-59c. (Formerly Sec. 4-60l). - Approval of agency policies, programs and plans. - (a) Matters of policy related to subsection (b) of section...
Section 17b-59d. - State-wide Health Information Exchange. Established. - (a) There shall be established a State-wide Health Information Exchange...
Section 17b-59e. - Electronic health record systems. Connection to State-wide Health Information Exchange. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Health care provider”...
Section 17b-59f. - State Health Information Technology Advisory Council. Establishment of All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Group. - (a) There shall be a State Health Information Technology Advisory...
Section 17b-59g. - Program to expedite development of State-wide Health Information Exchange. Entity to implement the program. Board of directors. - (a) The state, acting by and through the Secretary of...