Concurrent with the implementation of any protective services, an evaluation shall be undertaken by the Department of Social Services, pursuant to regulations that shall be adopted by the Commissioner of Social Services, in accordance with chapter 54, regarding the elderly person's financial capability for paying for the protective services. If the elderly person is so able, procedures for the reimbursement for the costs of providing the needed protective services shall be initiated. If it is determined that the elderly person is not financially capable of paying for such needed services, the services shall be provided in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Commissioner of Social Services for the provision of welfare benefits under such circumstances.
(P.A. 77-613, S. 10, 15; 77-614, S. 521, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-30, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 15-233, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced commissioner and department of social services with commissioner and department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-30 made minor wording changes and made initiation of procedures for reimbursement of costs mandatory if person is able to pay, substituting “shall” for “should”; Sec. 46a-23 transferred to Sec. 17a-439 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-439 transferred to Sec. 17b-459 in 1995; P.A. 15-233 changed “person” to “elderly person” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2015.
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