§ 17b-1 Department of Social Services. Successor department to Departments of Income Maintenance and Human Resources
§ 17b-2 Programs administered by the Department of Social Services
§ 17b-3 Commissioner of Social Services: Powers and duties
§ 17b-4 Department of Social Services: Duties and services provided. Reports by nursing homes; regulations
§ 17b-4a Department of Social Services: Public information and access to programs. Plan for comprehensive state service approach. Client-friendly application process
§ 17b-5 Implementation plan
§ 17b-6 Department of Social Services: Regional administrators. Agency goals
§ 17b-7 General assistance training programs
§ 17b-7a State-wide fraud early detection system. Regulations. Quarterly reports
§ 17b-8 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
§ 17b-8a Medicaid Coverage for the Lowest Income Populations program: Eligibility and service plan. Legislative review
§ 17b-9 Annual report to the General Assembly
§ 17b-10 Department of Social Services policy manuals. Posting online. Policies adopted as regulations
§ 17b-10a Department of Social Services policies and procedures. Implementation
§ 17b-10b Department of Social Services policies and procedures. Implementation
§ 17b-10c Uniform Policy Manual revision to regulation format. Committee review. Posting on eRegulations System
§ 17b-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
§ 17b-11a Adult family living classification in rated housing
§ 17b-12 Acceptance of bequests or gifts for services
§ 17b-13 Federal aid for emergency relief purposes
§ 17b-14 Notification of federal sanctions and fines. Report
§ 17b-15 Implementation of the Family Support Act of 1988. Day care provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990
§ 17b-16 Information and assistance to be provided re federal earned income credit. Promotion of greater utilization of federal earned income credit
§ 17b-16a Disclosure of current address of applicants or recipients of benefits under programs administered by the department
§ 17b-16b Ineligibility for benefits under programs administered by department due to outstanding felony arrest warrants
§ 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
§ 17b-19 Annual general assistance report. Records and reports by selectmen. Penalty
§ 17b-20 Grants for pilot projects or demonstrations
§ 17b-21 Civil legal services programs for indigent persons. Funding
§ 17b-22 Agreements with other states
§ 17b-23 Commissioner may contract with Commissioner of Children and Families re delivery of services to children
§ 17b-24 Contracts for comprehensive health care
§ 17b-25 Purchase or lease and management of property
§ 17b-25a Toll-free vendor fraud telephone line
§ 17b-25b Program for persons suffering from Huntington’s disease
§ 17b-26 Department designated as state agency responsible for implementation of social services block grants and community services block grants. Development of outreach program. Report
§ 17b-27 Voluntary parentage establishment program. Protocols. Regulations. Voluntary acknowledgment of parentage system established by Department of Public Health
§ 17b-27a John S. Martinez Fatherhood Initiative. Objectives. Reports. Funding. Grant program
§ 17b-27b Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative. Definitions. Office established in Department of Social Services
§ 17b-27c Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative. Council. Establishment. Duties. Membership. Funding. Grants. Reporting
§ 17b-28 Council on Medical Assistance Program Oversight. Duties. Appointments. Standing subcommittee. Report
§ 17b-28a Waiver Application Development Council. Medicaid waiver unit
§ 17b-28b Competitive bidding for Medicaid managed care plans
§ 17b-28c Application for a federal waiver for pilot program based on principles of national Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
§ 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
§ 17b-28e Amendment to Medicaid state plan re hospice, podiatry and independent behavioral health clinician services
§ 17b-28f Care management subcontractors. Report on costs and profit
§ 17b-28g Notice of amendment to Medicaid state plan
§ 17b-28h Amendment to Medicaid state plan re pilot program to provide managed care to persons served by Oak Hill
§ 17b-28i Income disregard for veterans’ Aid and Attendance pension benefits. Amendment to Medicaid state plan
§ 17b-28j Amendment to Medicaid state plan re community violence prevention services
§ 17b-28k Amendment to Medicaid state plan re services to address health impacts of high childhood blood lead levels
§ 17b-29 Council to monitor implementation of temporary family assistance program and the employment services program. Appointments. Reports
§ 17b-30 Biometric identifier system
§ 17b-31 Parent’s Fair Share Program
§ 17b-32 Pilot nurse practitioner training program
§ 17b-34 Commissioner of Social Services to obtain federal funds for health information technology. Disbursement of funds. Medicaid electronic health record incentive program
§ 17b-55 Regulations re welfare reform
§ 17b-55a Service by state marshals
§ 17b-55b Two-generation poverty reduction account
§ 17b-56 Compact
§ 17b-57 Administrator
§ 17b-58 Administrator to coordinate activities
§ 17b-59 Notice to other states of repeal of part
§ 17b-59a Development of uniform information and technology standards. Health information technology plan. Electronic data standards. State-wide Health Information Exchange. Report
§ 17b-59b Commissioner to consider advice of advisory boards and councils
§ 17b-59c Approval of agency policies, programs and plans
§ 17b-59d State-wide Health Information Exchange. Established
§ 17b-59e Electronic health record systems. Connection to State-wide Health Information Exchange
§ 17b-59f State Health Information Technology Advisory Council. Establishment of All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Group
§ 17b-59g Program to expedite development of State-wide Health Information Exchange. Entity to implement the program. Board of directors

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • succeeding: when used by way of reference to any section or sections, mean the section or sections next preceding, next following or next succeeding, unless some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.