Bill Text: CT HB06358 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Care 4 Kids Statutes.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-24 - Signed by the Governor [HB06358 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06358-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2011 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE CARE 4 KIDS STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 17b-749 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish and operate a child care subsidy program to increase the availability, affordability and quality of child care services for families with a parent or caretaker who is working, attending high school or who receives cash assistance under the temporary family assistance program from the Department of Social Services and is participating in an approved education, training, or other job preparation activity. Services available under the child care program shall include the provision of child care subsidies for children under the age of thirteen or children under the age of nineteen with special needs. The department shall open and maintain enrollment for the child care subsidy program and shall administer such program within the existing budgetary resources available. The department shall issue a notice on the department's Internet web site and shall provide written notice to recipients of program benefits and to service providers any time the department closes the program to new applications, changes eligibility requirements, [or] changes program benefits or makes any other change to the program's status or terms, provided the department shall not be required to issue such notice when the department expands program eligibility. Any change in the department's acceptance of new applications, eligibility requirements, [or] program benefits or any other change to the program's status or terms for which the department is required to give notice pursuant to this subsection, shall not be effective until thirty days after the department issues such notice.
Sec. 2. Section 4-165c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
No cause of action or liability shall arise against the state, any of its agencies or subdivisions, or any state official, employee or agent, for failure to comply with the provisions of section 4-67y, 10-215h, 17b-4a, 17b-112i, 17b-112j, [17b-749l,] 17b-790b, 17b-800a or 19a-59g.
Sec. 3. Section 17b-749l of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective from passage)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
17b-749(a) |
Sec. 2 |
from passage |
4-165c |
Sec. 3 |
from passage |
Repealer section |
HS |
Joint Favorable Subst. |