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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 312
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2199
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. BERTHEL, 32
nd Dist.
AN ACT CUTTING OFF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WHO
LEAVE THE STATE FOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require that any 1
recipient of public assistance who is absent from the state for more 2
than thirty days loses public assistance and that such absence 3
establishes a rebuttable presumption of abandonment of Connecticut 4
residency. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit public assistance for persons who leave the state for more
than thirty days.