Bill Text: CT HB05424 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5424 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting Public Assistance For Those Who Abandon Residency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-23 - Public Hearing 01/29 [HB05424 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05424-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5424*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1027
		01027
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. BERTHEL, 68th Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE WHO ABANDON RESIDENCY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require that any recipient of public assistance who is absent from the state for more than thirty days loses public assistance and that such absence establishes a rebuttable presumption of abandonment of Connecticut residency.

Statement of Purpose:

To detect and stop fraud in the state's social services programs.