General Assembly Raised Bill No. 280
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2868
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 280
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2868
*_____SB00280HS____022715____*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall conduct a study of programs administered by the Department of Social Services.
(b) The study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include, but not be limited to, a report on: (1) How responsive such department programs are to recipients of services, (2) what problems, if any, exist within such programs, and (3) whether staff is allocated in a manner to meet the need for services within such programs.
(c) Not later than July 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, the results of the study done pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services. Such report may include the commissioner's recommendations for addressing identified gaps in the provision of services and improving access to such services.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
HS Joint Favorable
HS
Joint Favorable