Bill Text: CT SB00287 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Study Of Alternative Funding Sources For Nutritional Services For Senior Citizens.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-05 - Signed by the Governor [SB00287 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00287-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2015 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES FOR NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 17a-302a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):
(a) The Department on Aging and the Department of Social Services shall hold quarterly meetings with nutrition service stakeholders to (1) develop recommendations to address complexities in the administrative processes of nutrition services, (2) establish quality control benchmarks, [and] (3) help move toward greater quality, efficiency and transparency in the elderly nutrition program, and (4) study alternative sources of funding for nutritional services. Stakeholders shall include, but not be limited to, [area] (A) one representative of each of the following: (i) Area agencies on aging, (ii) access agencies, (iii) the Commission on Aging, and (iv) nutrition providers, and (B) one or more representatives of food security programs, [and] contractors, nutrition host [site representatives] sites and consumers.
(b) The departments and the nutrition service stakeholders shall submit a report on their findings and recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging not later than January 1, 2016.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2015 |
17a-302a |
AGE |
Joint Favorable Subst. |
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HS |
Joint Favorable |