Bill Text: CT SB00277 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 277 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Requiring Able-bodied Adults Without Dependents To Meet Work Requirements To Receive Benefits From The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-26 - Public Hearing 03/03 [SB00277 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00277-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 277*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 1714
		01714_______HS_
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT REQUIRING ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS TO MEET WORK REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

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

Section 1. Section 17b-105a of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (d) as follows (Effective from passage):

(NEW) (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, on and after the effective date of this section, the Commissioner of Social Services shall require all able-bodied adults without dependents to meet federal work requirements to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, unless they qualify for an exemption pursuant to 7 USC 273.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	17b-105a

Statement of Purpose:

To require all able-bodied adults without dependents to meet federal work requirements for the supplemental nutritional assistance program unless they are exempted under federal law.

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