Connecticut 2023 2023 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06856 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/01/2023

                       
 
LCO No. 5103  	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 6856  
January Session, 2023 
LCO No. 5103 
 
 
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(HS)  
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE 2 -1-1 INFOLINE SYSTEM. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2023) The Commissioner of Social Services, 1 
within available resources, shall allocate sufficient funding to the 2-1-1 2 
Infoline system operated by the United Way of Connecticut to provide 3 
additional staff to ensure support and referrals are provided to persons 4 
using the system twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. 5 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 July 1, 2023 New section 
 
Statement of Purpose:   
To require the Department of Social Services to transfer sufficient 
funding to the United Way of Connecticut to operate the 2-1-1 Infoline 
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. 
[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.]