Bill Text: CT HB05126 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Setting Limits On Nutritional Assistance For Certain Able-bodied Adults.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-04 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [HB05126 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05126-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5126
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 201
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

AN ACT SETTING LIMITS ON NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN ABLE-BODIED ADULTS.

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

That section 17b-105a of the general statutes be amended to prevent able-bodied adults without dependents from receiving supplemental nutrition assistance for more than three months unless they work not less than twenty hours a week, participate in a federally qualified work training plan, or meet federal workfare requirements.

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure persons capable of working or volunteering do not indefinitely receive supplemental nutrition assistance.