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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5162
February Session, 2024
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, 2025, the 1
Department of Social Services shall submit a report, in accordance with 2
the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 3
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 4
matters relating to children, human services and appropriations. Such 5
report shall (1) describe each program administered by the department 6
that serves children or families pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no 7
cost to such children and families, where eligibility for participation in 8
such program or the sliding fee for participation in such program is 9
based on a comparison between annual family income and the federal 10
poverty level, (2) list the total cost associated with the administration of 11
each such program, (3) list the anticipated total cost associated with the 12
administration of each such program if eligibility for participation was 13
expanded to include children and families with an annual family 14
income above the federal poverty level and below the ALICE Threshold 15
of Financial Survival for the state, as determined by the United Way of 16
Connecticut, (4) list how many additional children or families would be 17
eligible for participation in each such program if participation was 18 Substitute Bill No. 5162
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expanded in the manner described in subdivision (3) of this section, and 19
(5) discuss the feasibility of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial 20
Survival in making eligibility determinations for each such program. 21
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2025, the 22
Department of Developmental Services shall submit a report, in 23
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 24
to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 25
cognizance of matters relating to children, public health and 26
appropriations. Such report shall (1) describe each program 27
administered by the department that serves children or families 28
pursuant to a sliding fee scale or at no cost to such children and families, 29
where eligibility for participation in such program or the sliding fee for 30
participation in such program is based on a comparison between annual 31
family income and the federal poverty level, (2) list the total cost 32
associated with the administration of each such program, (3) list the 33
anticipated total cost associated with the administration of each such 34
program if eligibility for participation was expanded to include children 35
and families with an annual family income above the federal poverty 36
level and below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival for the state, 37
as determined by the United Way of Connecticut, (4) list how many 38
additional children or families would be eligible for participation in 39
each such program if participation was expanded in the manner 40
described in subdivision (3) of this section, and (5) discuss the feasibility 41
of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival in making 42
eligibility determinations for each such program. 43
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
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1, "social services" was changed to "human services" and in
Section 2, "social services" was changed to "public health", for
accuracy. Substitute Bill No. 5162
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KID Joint Favorable Subst.