General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1046
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4491
*04491_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1046
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4491
*04491_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT PROHIBITING FELONS FROM MANAGING STATE ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2015) On and after October 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt policies and procedures to (1) prohibit the hiring of any person for a position at the Department of Social Services that involves administering, managing or providing public assistance funds who has been convicted of a felony in the five years prior to applying for such position, and (2) to subject all applicants for such positions to state and national criminal history records checks in accordance with section 29-17a of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent persons recently convicted of felonies from overseeing public assistance funds.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]