Bill Text: CT SB00221 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 221 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Requiring Able-bodied Adults To Meet Work Requirements In Order To Receive Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program Benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-18 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00221 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00221-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 221*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 3045
		03045
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. LARSON, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIRING ABLE-BODIED ADULTS TO MEET WORK REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS.

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

That section 17b-105a of the general statutes be amended to require able-bodied adults without dependents to meet federal requirements to work not less than twenty hours a week or participate in authorized job training or volunteer services in order to continue receiving benefits from the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure able-bodied adults without dependents receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits are working or training to become self-sufficient.