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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6942
January Session, 2025
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A RADON MITIGATION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM FOR LOW -INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 8-446 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Healthy 3
Homes Fund" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the 4
General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to 5
be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended 6
by the Department of Housing for the purposes of: 7
(1) Funding of not more than one million dollars, from remittances 8
transferred pursuant to section 38a-331 for the period beginning January 9
1, 2019, and ending December 31, 2019, shall be remitted to the 10
Department of Economic and Community Development to be used for 11
grants-in-aid to homeowners with homes located in the immediate 12
vicinity of the West River in the Westville section of New Haven and 13
Woodbridge for structurally damaged homes due to subsidence and to 14
homeowners with homes abutting the Yale Golf Course in the Westville 15
section of New Haven for damage to such homes from water infiltration 16
or structural damage due to subsidence, and, from remittances 17
transferred pursuant to section 38a-331, for the period beginning May 1, 18
2022, and ending April 30, 2023, funding not exceeding the actual cost 19 Substitute Bill No. 6942
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of remediation or relocation shall be remitted to the Department of 20
Housing to be used for grants-in-aid for the remediation of structurally 21
deficient foundations in owner-occupied units or the relocation of any 22
owner of any such unit of any condominium associations located in the 23
town of Hamden; 24
(2) Funding a program, and any related administrative expense, to 25
reduce health and safety hazards in residential dwellings in 26
[Connecticut] this state, including, but not limited to, lead, radon and 27
other contaminants or conditions, through removal, remediation, 28
abatement and other appropriate methods. For purposes of this 29
subdivision, "administrative expense" means any administrative or 30
other cost or expense incurred by the Department of Housing in 31
carrying out the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, 32
the hiring of necessary employees and entering into necessary contracts; 33
[and] 34
(3) Funding of not more than one hundred seventy-five thousand 35
dollars, from remittances transferred pursuant to section 38a-331 for the 36
period beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021, shall 37
be remitted to the captive insurance company established pursuant to 38
section 38a-91vv, to be used for the research and development of the 39
report described in section 4 of public act 21-120 and any related 40
administrative expense. Such sum shall not be considered in calculating 41
the total funds allocated or made available to the captive insurance 42
company used for administrative or operational costs pursuant to 43
section 38a-91vv; and 44
(4) Funding a program, and any related administrative expense, to 45
reduce health and safety hazards in residential dwellings in this state 46
relating to radon, through removal, remediation, abatement and other 47
appropriate methods. Any program created pursuant to this 48
subdivision shall be available to low-income households. For purposes 49
of this subdivision, "administrative expense" means any administrative 50
or other cost or expense incurred by the Department of Housing in 51
carrying out the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, 52 Substitute Bill No. 6942
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the hiring of necessary employees and entering into necessary contracts 53
and "low-income household" means a person or family with an annual 54
income at or below eighty per cent of the median income. 55
(b) The Department of Housing shall notify the Department of Public 56
Health not later than thirty days after the deposit of remittances in the 57
Healthy Homes Fund pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of 58
section 38a-331. Not later than thirty days after the deposit of 59
remittances pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 38a-60
331, the Department of Public Health shall notify each municipal health 61
department in the state annually regarding funds available pursuant to 62
the Healthy Homes Fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of this 63
section. 64
(c) Not later than January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the 65
Commissioner of Housing shall report to the joint standing committees 66
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 67
housing, planning and development and appropriations and the 68
budgets of state agencies, in accordance with section 11-4a, regarding 69
the status of the Healthy Homes Fund established pursuant to this 70
section and all moneys deposited into and expended by the Department 71
of Housing pursuant to said account. Any such report may be submitted 72
electronically. 73
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 8-446
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PD Joint Favorable