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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 5162
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5162
8	6		February Session, 2024
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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14	19		AN ACT REQUIRING CERTAIN AGENCIES TO REPORT COSTS
15	20		ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAMS SERVING CHILDREN AND
16	21		FAMILIES.
17	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	23		Assembly convened:
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20		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2025, the 1
21		-	Department of Social Services shall submit a report, in accordance with 2
22		-	the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 3
23		-	standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 4
24		-	matters relating to children, human services and appropriations. Such 5
25		-	report shall (1) describe each program administered by the department 6
26		-	that serves children or families pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no 7
27		-	cost to such children and families, where eligibility for participation in 8
28		-	such program or the sliding fee for participation in such program is 9
29		-	based on a comparison between annual family income and the federal 10
30		-	poverty level, (2) list the total cost associated with the administration of 11
31		-	each such program, (3) list the anticipated total cost associated with the 12
32		-	administration of each such program if eligibility for participation was 13
33		-	expanded to include children and families with an annual family 14
34		-	income above the federal poverty level and below the ALICE Threshold 15
35		-	of Financial Survival for the state, as determined by the United Way of 16
36		-	Connecticut, (4) list how many additional children or families would be 17
37		-	eligible for participation in each such program if participation was 18 Substitute Bill No. 5162
	25	+	Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2024, the 1
	26	+	Department of Children and Families shall submit a report, in 2
	27	+	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 3
	28	+	to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 4
	29	+	cognizance of matters relating to children. Such report shall (1) describe 5
	30	+	each program administered by the department that serves children or 6
	31	+	families pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no cost to such children and 7
	32	+	families, where eligibility for participation in such program or the 8
	33	+	sliding fee for participation in such program is based on a comparison 9
	34	+	between annual family income and the federal poverty level, (2) list the 10
	35	+	total cost associated with the administration of each such program, (3) 11
	36	+	list the anticipated total cost associated with the administration of each 12
	37	+	such program if eligibility for participation was expanded to include 13
	38	+	children and families with an annual family income above the federal 14
	39	+	poverty level and below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival for 15 Raised Bill No. 5162
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44		-	expanded in the manner described in subdivision (3) of this section, and 19
45		-	(5) discuss the feasibility of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial 20
46		-	Survival in making eligibility determinations for each such program. 21
47		-	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2025, the 22
48		-	Department of Developmental Services shall submit a report, in 23
49		-	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 24
50		-	to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 25
51		-	cognizance of matters relating to children, public health and 26
52		-	appropriations. Such report shall (1) describe each program 27
53		-	administered by the department that serves children or families 28
54		-	pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no cost to such children and families, 29
55		-	where eligibility for participation in such program or the sliding fee for 30
56		-	participation in such program is based on a comparison between annual 31
57		-	family income and the federal poverty level, (2) list the total cost 32
58		-	associated with the administration of each such program, (3) list the 33
59		-	anticipated total cost associated with the administration of each such 34
60		-	program if eligibility for participation was expanded to include children 35
61		-	and families with an annual family income above the federal poverty 36
62		-	level and below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival for the state, 37
63		-	as determined by the United Way of Connecticut, (4) list how many 38
64		-	additional children or families would be eligible for participation in 39
65		-	each such program if participation was expanded in the manner 40
66		-	described in subdivision (3) of this section, and (5) discuss the feasibility 41
67		-	of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival in making 42
68		-	eligibility determinations for each such program. 43
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	45	+	the state, as determined by the United Way of Connecticut, and (4) 16
	46	+	discuss the feasibility of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial 17
	47	+	Survival in making eligibility determinations for each such program. 18
	48	+	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2024, the 19
	49	+	Department of Social Services shall submit a report, in accordance with 20
	50	+	the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 21
	51	+	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 22
	52	+	matters relating to children. Such report shall (1) describe each program 23
	53	+	administered by the department that serves children or families 24
	54	+	pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no cost to such children and families, 25
	55	+	where eligibility for participation in such program or the sliding fee for 26
	56	+	participation in such program is based on a comparison between annual 27
	57	+	family income and the federal poverty level, (2) list the total cost 28
	58	+	associated with the administration of each such program, (3) list the 29
	59	+	anticipated total cost associated with the administration of each such 30
	60	+	program if eligibility for participation was expanded to include children 31
	61	+	and families with an annual family income above the federal poverty 32
	62	+	level and below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival for the state, 33
	63	+	as determined by the United Way of Connecticut, and (4) discuss the 34
	64	+	feasibility of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival in 35
	65	+	making eligibility determinations for each such program. 36
	66	+	Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2024, the 37
	67	+	Department of Developmental Services shall submit a report, in 38
	68	+	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 39
	69	+	to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 40
	70	+	cognizance of matters relating to children. Such report shall (1) describe 41
	71	+	each program administered by the department that serves children or 42
	72	+	families pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no cost to such children and 43
	73	+	families, where eligibility for participation in such program or the 44
	74	+	sliding fee for participation in such program is based on a comparison 45
	75	+	between annual family income and the federal poverty level, (2) list the 46
	76	+	total cost associated with the administration of each such program, (3) 47
	77	+	list the anticipated total cost associated with the administration of each 48
	78	+	such program if eligibility for participation was expanded to include 49 Raised Bill No. 5162
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	84	+	children and families with an annual family income above the federal 50
	85	+	poverty level and below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival for 51
	86	+	the state, as determined by the United Way of Connecticut, and (4) 52
	87	+	discuss the feasibility of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial 53
	88	+	Survival in making eligibility determinations for each such program. 54
69	89		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
70	90		sections:
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72	92		Section 1 from passage New section
73	93		Sec. 2 from passage New section
	94	+	Sec. 3 from passage New section
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75		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
76		-	In Section 1, "social services" was changed to "human services" and in
77		-	Section 2, "social services" was changed to "public health", for
78		-	accuracy. Substitute Bill No. 5162
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86		-	KID Joint Favorable Subst.
	96	+	Statement of Purpose:
	97	+	To require the Department of Children and Families, Department of
	98	+	Social Services and Department of Developmental Services to submit
	99	+	reports describing current costs associated with programs serving
	100	+	children and families and anticipated costs associated with utilizing
	101	+	different eligibility criteria for participation in such programs.
	102	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	103	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	104	+	underlined.]
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