Bill Text: CT SB00272 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Social Security Support For Foster Children.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-01 - Public Hearing 03/06 [SB00272 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00272-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 272
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 1520
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Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Children
Introduced by:
(KID)

AN ACT CONCERNING SOCIAL SECURITY SUPPORT FOR FOSTER CHILDREN.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) (a) The placement plan of a child in the care and custody of the Commissioner of Children and Families shall include documentation whether the child is eligible for benefits from the Social Security Administration, including, but not limited to, supplemental security income, survivor and disabled adult child benefits.

(b) The department shall complete and submit an application for Supplemental Security Income for any eligible child in its care and custody. The department shall appeal the denial of an application, if applicable, and shall maintain and respond to correspondence regarding the application and any forthcoming benefits.

(c) For any child that has reached the age of seventeen, the department shall: (1) Determine whether the child will require a representative payee to assist in managing the child's Social Security benefits, (2) if said child requires a representative payee, identify an appropriate representative payee who shall comply with the representative payee responsibilities set forth in 20 CFR 404.2035, as amended from time to time, and (3) if the child does not require a representative payee, provide the following assistance to the child which may include, but is not limited to, educating the child about (A) maintaining their eligibility with the Social Security Administration, and (B) maintaining a bank account for purposes of electronic direct deposit of Social Security payments.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2012	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure all children in foster care are screened for their eligibility for federal Social Security benefits, to require the Department of Children and Families to apply for Supplemental Security Income on behalf of a child in its care and custody, and to require the department to determine whether a child will require a representative payee.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]