Bill Text: CT SB00102 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Work And Training Requirements For Public Assistance Recipients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00102 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00102-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 102

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 880

 

*00880*

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING WORK AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS.

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 all able-bodied adults eighteen to sixty years of age who receive food stamps and other public assistance to accept any offer of suitable employment or take part in any training program to which they are referred.

Statement of Purpose:

To require persons who receive public assistance to accept suitable employment or undertake certain training programs.

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