2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-29. Council to monitor implementation of temporary family assistance program and the employment services program. Appointments. Reports.
Sec. 17b-29. Council to monitor implementation of temporary family assistance program and the employment services program. Appointments. Reports. (a)
There is established a council to monitor the implementation of the temporary family
assistance program and the employment services program. The council shall be composed of the chairmen and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, or their
designees, the chairmen and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor, or their designees,
one child care provider and one expert on child support enforcement, to be appointed
by the president pro tempore of the Senate; one representative of advocacy groups, to
be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; two education and training specialists,
one experienced in job training and one experienced in basic adult education, one to be
appointed by the minority leader of the Senate and one to be appointed by the minority
leader of the House of Representatives; one member of the public who is a current
recipient of benefits under the temporary family assistance program, to be appointed
by speaker of the House of Representatives; and two members, one experienced in higher
education programs and one experienced in teenage pregnancy issues, to be appointed by
the majority leader of the House of Representatives. The council shall elect a chairperson
from among its members. The council shall convene its first meeting not later than
September 1, 1997.
(c) On January 1, 1998, and quarterly thereafter, the council shall submit a report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the temporary family assistance program and the employment services program.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 23, 30; P.A. 95-194, S. 6, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 22, 165; P.A. 03-268, S. 3.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 effective June 16, 1994; P.A. 95-194 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring the council to monitor the federal waiver for the AFDC program in Sec. 17b-112, effective June 29, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring the council to monitor the TFA program and the employment services program instead of the federal waiver for the aid to families with dependent children program and the operation of the job opportunities and basic skills program, by adding the chairman and ranking members, or their designees, of the Labor Department to the council, replacing a member of the public who is a current recipient of benefits under the aid to families with dependent children program with a member of the public who is a current recipient of benefits under the TFA program, extended the convening date of the council from July 1, 1994, to September 1, 1997, amended Subsec. (b) by requiring the Labor Commissioner, in addition to the Commissioner of Social Services to update the council monthly, beginning on September 1, 1997, on the implementation of the TFA program and the employment services program, eliminated obsolete recommendation requirements, amended Subsec. (c) by changing the date the council shall submit quarterly reports to the General Assembly on the implementation of the TFA program and the employment services program from October 1, 1994, to January 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 03-268 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing "and monthly thereafter" with "at meetings scheduled by the council" re updates to council on implementation of temporary family assistance program and employment services program.
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