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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5373
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO HUMAN
SERVICES STATUTES.
SUMMARY
This bill eliminates obsolete statutory provisions generally
designating the Department of Social Services (DSS) as the lead agency
for services to people with disabilities (“lead agency”) and requiring it
to (1) coordinate the delivery of these services by all state agencies and
(2) appoint a council, which is currently inactive, to advise it in doing
so. It similarly eliminates certain requirements related to DSS’s status as
lead agency, including:
1. repealing statutes requiring the department to carry out an
obsolete planning requirement and
2. removing a provision of current law requiring the department to
develop a written summary of all state programs for people with
disabilities and distribute copies to all state agencies providing
services to people with disabilities.
In doing so, the bill also eliminates current law’s requirement that
each state agency providing these services give each person that applies
a copy of this summary.
Lastly, the bill makes minor changes in several statutes to correct the
calendar date on which the fiscal quarter ends.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
COMMITTEE ACTION
Human Services Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 22 Nay 0 (03/19/2024)