Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00933 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 933
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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20	19		AN ACT EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN FAMILIES IN THE
21	20		CARE4KIDS PROGRAM.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 17b-749 of the general 1
26	25		statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
27	26		(Effective July 1, 2019): 3
28	27		(a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall establish and 4
29	28		operate a child care subsidy program to increase the availability, 5
30	29		affordability and quality of child care services for families with a 6
31	30		parent or caretaker who (1) is working or attending high school, or (2) 7
32	31		receives cash assistance under the temporary family assistance 8
33	32		program from the Department of Social Services and is participating in 9
34	33		an education, training or other job preparation activity approved 10
35	34		pursuant to subsection (b) of section 17b-688i or subsection (b) of 11
36	35		section 17b-689d. Services available under the child care subsidy 12
37	36		program shall include the provision of child care subsidies for children 13
38	37		under the age of thirteen or children under the age of nineteen with 14
39		-	special needs. The Office of Early Childhood shall open and maintain 15
40		-	enrollment for the child care subsidy program and shall administer 16 Raised Bill No. 933
	38	+	special needs. The Office of Early Childhood shall open and maintain 15 Raised Bill No. 933
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	44	+	enrollment for the child care subsidy program and shall administer 16
47	45		such program within the existing budgetary resources available. The 17
48	46		office shall issue a notice on the office's Internet web site any time the 18
49	47		office closes the program to new applications, changes eligibility 19
50	48		requirements, changes program benefits or makes any other change to 20
51	49		the program's status or terms. [, except the office shall not be required 21
52	50		to issue such notice when the office expands program eligibility.] Any 22
53	51		change in the office's acceptance of new applications, eligibility 23
54	52		requirements, program benefits or any other change to the program's 24
55	53		status or terms for which the office is required to give notice pursuant 25
56	54		to this subsection, shall not be effective until thirty days after the office 26
57	55		issues such notice. 27
58	56		(b) The commissioner shall establish income standards for 28
59	57		applicants and recipients at a level to include a family with gross 29
60	58		income up to [fifty] seventy-five per cent of the state-wide median 30
61	59		income, except the commissioner (1) [may increase the income level to 31
62	60		up to seventy-five per cent of the state-wide median income, (2)] upon 32
63	61		the request of the Commissioner of Children and Families, may waive 33
64	62		the income standards for adoptive families so that children adopted on 34
65	63		or after October 1, 1999, from the Department of Children and Families 35
66	64		are eligible for the child care subsidy program, and [(3)] (2) on and 36
67	65		after March 1, 2003, shall reduce the income eligibility level to up to 37
68	66		fifty-five per cent of the state-wide median income for applicants and 38
69	67		recipients who qualify based on their loss of eligibility for temporary 39
70	68		family assistance. The commissioner may adopt regulations in 40
71	69		accordance with chapter 54 to establish income criteria and durational 41
72	70		requirements for such waiver of income standards. 42
73	71		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
74	72		sections:
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76	74		Section 1 July 1, 2019 17b-749(a) and (b)
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	81	+	Statement of Purpose:
	82	+	To expand the eligibility of the Care4Kids program to include families
	83	+	with a gross income of up to seventy-five per cent of the state-wide
	84	+	median income and require advance notice of expanded program
	85	+	eligibility.
	86	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	87	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	88	+	not underlined.]
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