Bill Text: CT SB00110 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 110 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Department Of Social Services.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-03 - Senate Recommitted to Human Services [SB00110 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00110-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 110*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 274
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall conduct a study of programs administered by the Department of Social Services.

(b) The study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include, but not be limited to, a report on: (1) How responsive such department programs are to recipients of services; (2) what problems, if any, exist within such programs; and (3) whether staff is allocated in a manner to meet the need for services within such programs.

(c) Not later than July 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, the results of the study done pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services. Such report may include the commissioner's recommendations for addressing identified gaps in the provision of services and improving access to such services.