Bill Text: CT HB05436 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Pilot Program To Provide Medical Respite For The Homeless.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-04 - Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations [HB05436 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05436-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5436
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1647
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MEDICAL RESPITE FOR THE HOMELESS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2014) The Commissioner of Housing shall develop a pilot program to provide temporary shelter to homeless persons who are recovering from injury or illness. Such program shall be implemented in up to three municipalities, each with a population of seventy-five thousand or more. The commissioner may contract with one or more nonprofit organizations to administer the program. Not later than January 1, 2016, the commissioner shall submit a report on the pilot program, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2014	New section

HSG

Joint Favorable