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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6462
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 2947
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. ELLIOTT, 88
th Dist.
SEN. ANWAR, 3
rd Dist.
SEN. CABRERA, 17
th Dist.
SEN. LOPES, 6
th Dist.
REP. ARNONE, 58
th Dist.
REP. TURCO, 27
th Dist.
REP. WELANDER, 114
th Dist.
REP. CHAFEE, 33
rd Dist.
REP. PARIS, 145
th Dist.
REP. PALM, 36
th Dist.
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85
th Dist.
REP. D'AGOSTINO, 91
st Dist.
REP. MESKERS, 150
th Dist.
REP. LUXENBERG, 12
th Dist.
REP. HUGHES, 135
th Dist.
REP. KAVROS DEGRAW, 17
th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOUPMENT OF STATE COST
ATTRIBUTABLE TO LOW -WAGE EMPLOYERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 557 of the general statutes be amended to require 1
employers with over five hundred employees in the state and 2
franchisors who, combined with their franchisees, collectively employ 3
at least five hundred employees in the state to pay a quarterly fee to the 4
Labor Commissioner based in part on the number of employees of such 5
employer that utilize state resources, including, but not limited to, the 6
HUSKY Health program. 7 Proposed Bill No. 6462
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Statement of Purpose:
To recoup state cost relating to services provided to workers who utilize
state resources such as the HUSKY Health program.