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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6456 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 9 | 9 | | LCO No. 3538 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on AGING |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (AGE) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO PROT ECT SENIOR |
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| 21 | 21 | | CITIZENS FROM FRAUD. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | to study ways to protect senior citizens from fraud. Such study shall 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | include, but need not be limited to, an examination of whether persons 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | offering planning advice to Medicaid applicants should be required to 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | be elder law attorneys admitted to the bar pursuant to section 51-80 of 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the general statutes. 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | one of whom has expertise in fraud perpetrated against senior citizens 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and one of whom has expertise in Medicaid planning for senior citizens; 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Representatives; 13 Raised Bill No. 6456 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Representatives; 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (7) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, or the 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | commissioner's designee; and 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (8) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | designee. 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of the General Assembly. 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | be filled by the appointing authority. 27 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 28 |
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| 59 | 59 | | tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 29 |
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| 60 | 60 | | among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 30 |
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| 61 | 61 | | the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 31 |
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| 62 | 62 | | days after the effective date of this section. 32 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 33 |
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| 64 | 64 | | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging shall 34 |
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| 65 | 65 | | serve as administrative staff of the task force. 35 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (g) Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 36 |
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| 67 | 67 | | on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees 37 |
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| 68 | 68 | | of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging 38 |
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| 69 | 69 | | and human services, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 39 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date it 40 |
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| 71 | 71 | | submits such report or January 1, 2022, whichever is later. 41 Raised Bill No. 6456 |
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