On and after July 1, 1998, the commissioner shall implement a state-administered general assistance program and on or before April 1, 1997, the commissioner shall implement said program in the fourteen towns in which the regional or district offices of the Department of Social Services are located, subject to the restrictions of section 17b-195. The commissioner may contract for the implementation of such program.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 20, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 6, 41; P.A. 95-194, S. 22, 33; 95-265, S. 3, 7; 95-351, S. 7, 26, 30; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 52, 165; P.A. 04-76, S. 12.)

History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-418 changed deadline for implementing program from July 1, 1994, to July 1, 1996, and made technical change, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-12hh transferred to Sec. 17b-111 in 1995; P.A. 95-194 altered the state general assistance program from a program to be implemented on and after July 1, 1996, for unemployable individuals and families ineligible for certain assistance to a program to be implemented on or before April 1, 1997, for both employable and unemployable persons and families ineligible for certain assistance in the fourteen towns in which a regional office of the department is located and required a town to be responsible for the certification of a medical bill of a recipient of the state general assistance program, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-265 deleted provision requiring the commissioner to establish a schedule for the transfer of employable individuals to the Labor Department for services and assistance, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-351 required that the state-wide general assistance program begin on and after July 1, 1998, and implementation of such program in the fourteen towns where a regional or district office of the department is located begin on or before April 1, 1997, and added a provision allowing towns with a regional or district office of the department to petition the commissioner to continue operation of its general assistance program, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 subjected the state-administered general assistance program to the restrictions of Sec. 17b-118, deleted a provision requiring towns to be responsible for the certification of medical bills for recipients of the state-administered general assistance program and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-76 deleted provisions that permitted a town, with a regional or district office of the department and a general assistance office, to petition the commissioner to continue the operation of such town's general assistance program; Sec. 17b-111 transferred to Sec. 17b-190 in 2005.

Annotation to former section 17b-111:

Cited. 233 C. 557.