General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5126
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 201
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5126
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 201
*00201*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.
AN ACT SETTING LIMITS ON NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN ABLE-BODIED ADULTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 17b-105a of the general statutes be amended to prevent able-bodied adults without dependents from receiving supplemental nutrition assistance for more than three months unless they work not less than twenty hours a week, participate in a federally qualified work training plan, or meet federal workfare requirements.
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure persons capable of working or volunteering do not indefinitely receive supplemental nutrition assistance.