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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1214
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
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, where eligibility for participation in 7
such program or the sliding fee for participation in such program is 8
based on a comparison between annual family income and the federal 9
poverty level, (2) list the total cost associated with the administration of 10
each such program, (3) list the anticipated total cost associated with the 11
administration of each such program if eligibility for participation was 12
expanded to include children and families with an annual family 13
income above the federal poverty level and below the ALICE Threshold 14
of Financial Survival for the state, as determined by the United Way of 15
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Connecticut, (4) list how many additional children or families would be 16
eligible for participation in each such program if participation was 17
expanded in the manner described in subdivision (3) of this section, and 18
(5) discuss the feasibility of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial 19
Survival in making eligibility determinations for each such program. 20
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2025, the 21
Department of Developmental Services shall submit a report, in 22
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 23
to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 24
cognizance of matters relating to children, public health and 25
appropriations. Such report shall (1) describe each program 26
administered by the department that serves children or families, where 27
eligibility for participation in such program or the sliding fee for 28
participation in such program is based on a comparison between annual 29
family income and the federal poverty level, (2) list the total cost 30
associated with the administration of each such program, (3) list the 31
anticipated total cost associated with the administration of each such 32
program if eligibility for participation was expanded to include children 33
and families with an annual family income above the federal poverty 34
level and below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival for the state, 35
as determined by the United Way of Connecticut, (4) list how many 36
additional children or families would be eligible for participation in 37
each such program if participation was expanded in the manner 38
described in subdivision (3) of this section, and (5) discuss the feasibility 39
of adopting the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival in making 40
eligibility determinations for each such program. 41
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
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Statement of Purpose:
To require the Department of Social Services and the Department of
Developmental Services to submit reports describing current costs
associated with programs serving children and families and anticipated
costs associated with utilizing different eligibility criteria for
participation in such programs.
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