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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6099
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3363
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist.
REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO MITIGATE THE
BENEFITS CLIFF.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the recommendations of a benefits cliff study by the two-1
generational initiative established pursuant to section 17b-112l of the 2
general statutes be implemented by (1) establishing, not later than 3
January 1, 2026, a three-year pilot program to mitigate the effects of the 4
benefits cliff on two hundred eligible families participating in public 5
assistance programs, and (2) a report by the two-generational initiative 6
not later than January 1, 2028, on the status of the program to be filed 7
with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 8
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state 9
agencies, children, labor and public employees and human services. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To mitigate benefits cliffs that occur when participants in public
assistance programs lose benefits after their income surpasses certain
thresholds.