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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5162
February Session, 2024
LCO No. 1116
Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT REQUIRING CERTAIN AGENCIES TO REPORT COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAMS SERVING CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2024, the 1
Department of Children and Families shall submit a report, in 2
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 3
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 4
cognizance of matters relating to children. Such report shall (1) describe 5
each program administered by the department that serves children or 6
families pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no cost to such children and 7
families, where eligibility for participation in such program or the 8
sliding fee for participation in such program is based on a comparison 9
between annual family income and the federal poverty level, (2) list the 10
total cost associated with the administration of each such program, (3) 11
list the anticipated total cost associated with the administration of each 12
such program if eligibility for participation was expanded to include 13
children and families with an annual family income above the federal 14
poverty level and below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival for 15 Raised Bill No. 5162
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the state, as determined by the United Way of Connecticut, and (4) 16
discuss the feasibility of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial 17
Survival in making eligibility determinations for each such program. 18
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2024, the 19
Department of Social Services shall submit a report, in accordance with 20
the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 21
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 22
matters relating to children. Such report shall (1) describe each program 23
administered by the department that serves children or families 24
pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no cost to such children and families, 25
where eligibility for participation in such program or the sliding fee for 26
participation in such program is based on a comparison between annual 27
family income and the federal poverty level, (2) list the total cost 28
associated with the administration of each such program, (3) list the 29
anticipated total cost associated with the administration of each such 30
program if eligibility for participation was expanded to include children 31
and families with an annual family income above the federal poverty 32
level and below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival for the state, 33
as determined by the United Way of Connecticut, and (4) discuss the 34
feasibility of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival in 35
making eligibility determinations for each such program. 36
Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2024, the 37
Department of Developmental Services shall submit a report, in 38
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 39
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 40
cognizance of matters relating to children. Such report shall (1) describe 41
each program administered by the department that serves children or 42
families pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no cost to such children and 43
families, where eligibility for participation in such program or the 44
sliding fee for participation in such program is based on a comparison 45
between annual family income and the federal poverty level, (2) list the 46
total cost associated with the administration of each such program, (3) 47
list the anticipated total cost associated with the administration of each 48
such program if eligibility for participation was expanded to include 49 Raised Bill No. 5162
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children and families with an annual family income above the federal 50
poverty level and below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival for 51
the state, as determined by the United Way of Connecticut, and (4) 52
discuss the feasibility of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial 53
Survival in making eligibility determinations for each such program. 54
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
Sec. 3 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Department of Children and Families, Department of
Social Services and Department of Developmental Services to submit
reports describing current costs associated with programs serving
children and families and anticipated costs associated with utilizing
different eligibility criteria for participation in such programs.
[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.]