Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07075 Compare Versions

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1	1	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7075
2	2	January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3965
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4	4	Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
5	5	Introduced by:
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8	8	General Assembly
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10	10	Raised Bill No. 7075
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12	12	January Session, 2017
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14	14	LCO No. 3965
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16	16	03965_______GL_
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18	18	Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
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20	20	Introduced by:
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24	24	AN ACT CONCERNING HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCY SURETY BOND REQUIREMENTS.
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26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28	28	Section 1. Section 20-672 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017):
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30	30	(a) Any person seeking a certificate of registration as a homemaker-companion agency shall apply to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in writing, on a form provided by the commissioner. The application shall include the applicant's name, residence address, business address, business telephone number and such other information as the commissioner may require. An applicant shall also be required to submit to state and national criminal history records checks in accordance with section 29-17a and to certify under oath to the commissioner that: (1) Such agency complies with the requirements of section 20-678 concerning employee comprehensive background checks, (2) such agency provides all persons receiving homemaker or companion services with a written individualized contract or service plan that specifically identifies the anticipated scope, type, frequency and duration of homemaker or companion services provided by the agency to the person, (3) such agency maintains a surety bond of not less than ten thousand dollars coverage, which coverage shall include theft by an employee of such agency from a person for whom homemaker or companion services are provided by the agency, and (4) all records maintained by such agency shall be open, at all reasonable hours, for inspection, copying or audit by the commissioner.
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32	32	(b) Each application for a certificate of registration as a homemaker-companion agency shall be accompanied by a fee of three seventy-five hundred dollars.
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34	34	(c) Upon the failure by a homemaker-companion agency to comply with the registration provisions of this section, the Attorney General, at the request of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, is authorized to apply in the name of the state of Connecticut to the Superior Court for an order temporarily or permanently restraining and enjoining a homemaker-companion agency from continuing to do business in the state.
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39	39	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
40	40	Section 1 July 1, 2017 20-672
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42	42	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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44	44	Section 1
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46	46	July 1, 2017
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48	48	20-672
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50	50	Statement of Purpose:
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52	52	To require homemaker-companion agencies to maintain surety bonds of not less than ten thousand dollars.
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54	54	[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.]