Bill Text: CT SB00102 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 102 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Work And Training Requirements For Public Assistance Recipients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00102 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00102-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 102*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 880
		00880
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING WORK AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS.

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

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require all able-bodied adults eighteen to sixty years of age who receive food stamps and other public assistance to accept any offer of suitable employment or take part in any training program to which they are referred.

Statement of Purpose:

To require persons who receive public assistance to accept suitable employment or undertake certain training programs.