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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6456
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on AGING
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO PROT ECT SENIOR
CITIZENS FROM FRAUD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study ways to protect senior citizens from fraud. Such study shall 2
include, but need not be limited to, an examination of whether persons 3
offering planning advice to Medicaid applicants should be required to 4
be elder law attorneys admitted to the bar pursuant to section 51-80 of 5
the general statutes. 6
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 7
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 8
one of whom has expertise in fraud perpetrated against senior citizens 9
and one of whom has expertise in Medicaid planning for senior citizens; 10
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 11
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 12
Representatives; 13 Raised Bill No. 6456
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(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 14
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 15
Representatives; 16
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 17
(7) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, or the 18
commissioner's designee; and 19
(8) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 20
designee. 21
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 22
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 23
of the General Assembly. 24
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 25
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 26
be filled by the appointing authority. 27
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 28
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 29
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 30
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 31
days after the effective date of this section. 32
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 33
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging shall 34
serve as administrative staff of the task force. 35
(g) Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 36
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees 37
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging 38
and human services, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 39
of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date it 40
submits such report or January 1, 2022, whichever is later. 41 Raised Bill No. 6456
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a task force to protect senior citizens from fraud.
[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.]