2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-107. (Formerly Sec. 17-12g). Emergency assistance program: Administration, eligibility, regulations.

      Sec. 17b-107. (Formerly Sec. 17-12g). Emergency assistance program: Administration, eligibility, regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services shall administer an emergency assistance program which may provide for payments to meet emergency or crisis needs of eligible and needy families with children, as specified by the Department of Social Services in its state plan and which would qualify for reimbursement under federal law pursuant to Section 406(e) of the Social Security Act. The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to specify the following: (1) Eligibility conditions imposed for the receipt of emergency assistance; (2) the emergency needs for which payments may be made; (3) the methods of providing such payments; (4) the services to be provided; (5) that the provision of emergency or crisis assistance shall be given forthwith; and (6) conditions under which the department may pursue recovery of assistance provided. The commissioner may implement the program while in the process of adopting the regulations, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt the regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of adopting the policy. Such policy shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.

      (P.A. 78-192, S. 5-7; P.A. 79-524; P.A. 88-127; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 5, 41; P.A. 95-348, S. 1, 2.)

      History: P.A. 79-524 added provision clarifying eligibility of families with children; P.A. 88-127 deleted requirement that program relate to energy assistance, made administration of program permissive, added new eligibility criteria and added Subdivs. (4) and (5) concerning the regulations; P.A 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-418 added a provision allowing the commissioner to implement the program while in the process of adopting regulations, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-12g transferred to Sec. 17b-107 in 1995; P.A. 95-348 added Subdiv. (6) requiring the commissioner to adopt regulations concerning conditions under which the department may pursue recovery of assistance provided, effective July 17, 1995.