CHAPTER 302*
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

*See chapter 299 (Sec. 17-1b et seq.) re Department of Income Maintenance.

Table of Contents

Secs. 17-82 to 17-82b.
Secs. 17-82c to 17-82e.
Sec. 17-82f.
Sec. 17-82g.
Sec. 17-82h. Medical Payments Fund.
Secs. 17-82i to 17-82n.
Secs. 17-82o to 17-82q. Legislative finding. Residency requirement; exception. Establishment of funeral expense rates; limits on; expense defrayment.
Secs. 17-83 and 17-83a.
Sec. 17-83b.
Sec. 17-83c.
Sec. 17-83d. (Formerly Sec. 17-135). Appropriation from state General Fund.
Secs. 17-83e to 17-83n.
Sec. 17-83o. Assistance program for needy students between eighteen and twenty-one years of age who fail to meet the age requirement for the aid to families with dependent children program; regulations.
Sec. 17-83p.
Sec. 17-83q.
Sec. 17-84. Cost of aid.
Secs. 17-85 and 17-85a.
Sec. 17-86. Eligibility of person having interest in real property. Lien of state.
Sec. 17-86a.
Secs. 17-86b and 17-86c. Parent to register with employment bureau. Special Emergency Needs Fund.
Secs. 17-86d and 17-86e.
Sec. 17-86f.
Secs. 17-87 to 17-105. Extent of aid; funeral expenses. Segregation of certain earnings of child. Forms and records. Aid applications, investigations and grants. Hearing. Inspection of homes. Aid payments: Modification or discontinuance, generally. Fraud. Authority of public official to take charge of child. Claims of state: Against parents; to proceeds of civil actions in which parent has interest; on death of parent.
Sec. 17-106.
Sec. 17-107. Notice when aid granted to abandoned child.
Sec. 17-108. Administrative expenses.
Secs. 17-109 and 17-109a.
Secs. 17-110 to 17-115. Extension of provisions to needy blind. Extension of provisions to individuals with a disability. Amount of award. Eligibility of inmate of an institution. Eligibility of person having personal property. Eligibility of applicant owning interest in real estate.
Sec. 17-116.
Secs. 17-117 to 17-123. Duties of commissioner: Aid applications, investigations, hearings, payments.
Sec. 17-124.
Secs. 17-125 to 17-133. Awards. Claims of state. Fraud.
Sec. 17-134.
Secs. 17-134a and 17-134b.
Sec. 17-134c. Financial eligibility: Resources.
Sec. 17-134d.
Secs. 17-134e to 17-134m.
Sec. 17-134n. Copayment charge for taxi and livery usage by medical assistance recipients.
Sec. 17-134o.
Sec. 17-134p. Second opinion required for certain elective nonemergency surgical procedures.
Secs. 17-134q to 17-134s.
Sec. 17-134t. Demonstration project for copayment for taxi and livery usage.
Sec. 17-134u.
Secs. 17-134v to 17-134y.
Secs. 17-134z to 17-134gg.
Secs. 17-134hh and 17-134ii.
Sec. 17-135.
Secs. 17-135a to 17-135m.
Secs. 17-136 and 17-136a.
Sec. 17-136b.
Sec. 17-136c. Preretirement office.
Secs. 17-136d to 17-137a.
Sec. 17-137b. Senior service corps.
Secs. 17-137c to 17-137f.


PART I
DEFINITIONS. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Secs. 17-82 to 17-82b. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part I, Secs. 17b-75 to 17b- 77, inclusive.

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Secs. 17-82c to 17-82e. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part I, Secs. 17b-79 to 17b- 81, inclusive.

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Sec. 17-82f. Transferred to Chapter 319q, Sec. 17b-66.

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Sec. 17-82g. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part I, Sec. 17b-83.

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Sec. 17-82h. Medical Payments Fund. Section 17-82h is repealed.
(1969, P.A. 730, S. 23; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 88-156, S. 23.)

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Secs. 17-82i to 17-82n. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part I, Secs. 17b-84 to 17b- 89, inclusive.

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Secs. 17-82o to 17-82q. Legislative finding. Residency requirement; exception. Establishment of funeral expense rates; limits on; expense defrayment. Sections 17-82o to 17-82q, inclusive, are repealed.
(June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 14, 15; 1972, P.A. 154, S. 3; P.A. 75-155, S. 1, 2; 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 78-337, S. 4, 5, 11; P.A. 86-290, S. 9, 10; P.A. 87-260, S. 6.)

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Secs. 17-83 and 17-83a. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part I, Secs. 17b-90 and 17b-91.

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Sec. 17-83b. Transferred to Chapter 57, Sec. 4a-16.

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Sec. 17-83c. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part I, Sec. 17b-92.

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Sec. 17-83d. (Formerly Sec. 17-135). Appropriation from state General Fund. Section 17-83d is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2890; 1949, S. 1619d; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 12; P.A. 73-25, S. 2, 4.)

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Secs. 17-83e to 17-83n. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part I, Secs. 17b-93 to 17b- 102, inclusive.

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Sec. 17-83o. Assistance program for needy students between eighteen and twenty-one years of age who fail to meet the age requirement for the aid to families with dependent children program; regulations. Section 17-83o is repealed.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-34, S. 4, 8; P.A. 85-505, S. 11, 21; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 62.)

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Sec. 17-83p. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part I, Sec. 17b-103.

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Sec. 17-83q. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part I, Sec. 17b-114.
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PART II*
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN

*Policy and purpose of this part is to provide a means for the support of dependent children in the home of the supervising relative applying for aid as preferable to placement in a state institution. 152 C. 58. Cited. 189 C. 276, 278.
Cited. 39 CS 485−489. Sec. 17-85 et seq. cited. 40 CS 394, 407.
History. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 505. Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 452. No vested right in aid to dependent children programs benefits. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 291.

Sec. 17-84. Cost of aid. Section 17-84 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2896; 1949, 1951, S. 1624d; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 40.)
See Sec. 17-83j re cost of aid and its administration.

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Secs. 17-85 and 17-85a. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part II, Secs. 17b-180 and 17b-181.

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Sec. 17-86. Eligibility of person having interest in real property. Lien of state. Section 17-86 is repealed.
(1953, S. 1632d; February, 1965, P.A. 409, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 40.)
See Sec. 17-82c.

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Sec. 17-86a. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part II, Sec. 17b-182.

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Secs. 17-86b and 17-86c. Parent to register with employment bureau. Special Emergency Needs Fund. Sections 17-86b and 17-86c are repealed.
(1961, P.A. 538, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 40; P.A. 77-449, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 88-156, S. 23.)

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Secs. 17-86d and 17-86e. Transferred to Chapter 319uu, Secs. 17b-807 and 17b-808.

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Sec. 17-86f. Transferred to Chapter 319s, Part II, Sec. 17b-183.

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Secs. 17-87 to 17-105. Extent of aid; funeral expenses. Segregation of certain earnings of child. Forms and records. Aid applications, investigations and grants. Hearing. Inspection of homes. Aid payments: Modification or discontinuance, generally. Fraud. Authority of public official to take charge of child. Claims of state: Against parents; to proceeds of civil actions in which parent has interest; on death of parent. Sections 17-87 to 17-105, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2895, 2898−2911, 2913; 1949, S. 1623d, 1625d−1627d; 1951, S. 1628d, 1631d; 1953, 1623d, 1625d, 1629d, 1630d; 1955, S. 1623d, 1627d; 1957, P.A. 34, S. 3; 202, S. 3; 492; 1959, P.A. 79; 96, S. 4, 7; 166; 186; 190; 297; 395, S. 1; 405, S. 1; 433; 1961, P.A. 244; 425, S. 6; 426, S. 1; 510, S. 3, 4; 1963, P.A. 37, S. 1; 438, S. 3, 4; February, 1965, P.A. 356, S. 1; 522, S. 1; 424; 625, S. 3, 4; 1967, P.A. 151, S. 3, 4; 645; 746, S. 1; 841, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 447, S. 1; 541; 730, S. 40; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-5, S. 5, 6; P.A. 88-156, S. 23.)

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Sec. 17-106. Transferred to Chapter 319o, Part I, Sec. 17b-22.

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Sec. 17-107. Notice when aid granted to abandoned child. Section 17-107 is repealed.
(1953, S. 1633d; P.A. 88-156, S. 23.)
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PART III*
ASSISTANCE FOR THE AGED, THE BLIND
AND THE TOTALLY DISABLED

*Cited. 125 C. 161.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 338, 342.

Sec. 17-108. Administrative expenses. Section 17-108 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2884; 1949, S. 1617d; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 40.)
See Sec. 17-83j.

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Secs. 17-109 and 17-109a. Transferred to Chapter 319mm, Part I, Secs. 17b-600 and 17b-601.

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Secs. 17-110 to 17-115. Extension of provisions to needy blind. Extension of provisions to individuals with a disability. Amount of award. Eligibility of inmate of an institution. Eligibility of person having personal property. Eligibility of applicant owning interest in real estate. Sections 17-110 to 17-115, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2867−2870, 2891; 1949, S. 1603d, 1604d, 1620d, 1621d; 1951, S. 1604d, 1606d, 1620d, 1621d; 1953, S. 1603d−1605d, 1621d; 1955, S. 1603d; 1957, P.A. 202, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 368; 557; 1961, P.A. 403; 434; 1963, P.A. 438, S. 5, 6; February, 1965, P.A. 246, S. 1; 356, S. 2; 625, S. 5, 9; 1967, P.A. 151, S. 5, 9; 1969, P.A. 600, S. 1; 730, S. 37, 40; P.A. 76-435, S. 11, 82; P.A. 77-604, S. 10, 84; 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 78-337, S. 7, 8, 11; P.A. 83-84, S. 2, 3; 83-130; P.A. 85-85; P.A. 86-290, S. 9, 10; 86-363, S. 1, 2; 86-413, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-390, S. 3, 4.)
See Sec. 17-82c re eligibility of persons having interest in real estate; lien of state.
See Sec. 17-82d re investigations by commissioner upon application for aid; grant of aid; income disregard for full time students; asset limits.

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Sec. 17-116. Transferred to Chapter 319mm, Part I, Sec. 17b-602.

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Secs. 17-117 to 17-123. Duties of commissioner: Aid applications, investigations, hearings, payments. Sections 17-117 to 17-123, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2871−2876, 2885; 1949, S. 1607d−1609d; 1951, 1953, S. 1609d; 1959, P.A. 96, S. 5, 7; 295; 407, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 425; 1967, P.A. 746, S. 2; 841, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 40.)
See Sec. 17-2a re fair hearing procedure.
See Sec. 17-82a re commissioner's duty to furnish forms and to maintain records and accounts.
See Sec. 17-82b re application for aid.
See Secs. 17-82d to 17-82g, inclusive, re investigation conducted prior to grant of aid, re appeals from commissioner's decisions and re form of aid.

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Sec. 17-124. Transferred to Chapter 319mm, Part I, Sec. 17b-603.

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Secs. 17-125 to 17-133. Awards. Claims of state. Fraud. Sections 17-125 to 17- 133, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2878−2883, 2886, 2887; 1949, S. 1614d, 1618d; 1951, S. 1610d, 1612d, 1613d; 1953, S. 1611d−1613d, 1615d, 1616d; 1955, 1610d; 1957, P.A. 491; 1959, P.A. 187; 213; 395, S. 2; 401; 469, S. 1, 2; 482; 1961, P.A. 37, S. 2; 426, S. 2; 510, S. 1, 2; 1963, P.A. 37, S. 2; 438, S. 7; February, 1965, P.A. 625, S. 6; 1967, P.A. 151, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 40.)
See Sec. 4a-16 re disposition of estates of public assistance beneficiaries or state institution patients.
See Secs. 17-82i to 17-82l, inclusive, re medical payments fund, re funeral allowance and burial or cremation expenses, re notice by beneficiary of receipt, transfer or encumbrance of property or change in information previously furnished, re inalienable aid and re discontinuance of aid upon recipient's removal from state.
See Sec. 17-83e re claim of state for repayment of aid.
See Sec. 17-83g re claim of state upon death of beneficiary or beneficiary's parent.
See Sec. 17-83h re collection of state's claim and disposition of recoveries.
See Sec. 17-83i re fraud in obtaining aid or food stamps and unlawful award of public assistance benefits.

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Sec. 17-134. Transferred to Chapter 319mm, Part I, Sec. 17b-604.
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PART IV*
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

*Cited. 179 C. 463, 465. Cited. 199 C. 524, 532. Sec. 17-134a et seq. cited. 204 C. 672, 673, 675; 206 C. 628, 629.
Sec. 17-134a et. seq. cited. 40 CS 394, 395, 450. State regulation on Medicaid abortion funding is contrary to statutory provision. Id.
Under former statute beneficiary of life support agreement executed by her children was not eligible for medical assistance for the aged. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 338−343. Question of constitutionality of this part not having been raised in trial court, supreme court need not consider it; however, standards enumerated are as clearly defined as subject matter permits and are not unconstitutional as being arbitrary. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 505.

Secs. 17-134a and 17-134b. Transferred to Chapter 319v, Secs. 17b-260 and 17b-261.

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Sec. 17-134c. Financial eligibility: Resources. Section 17-134c is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 759, S. 1(c); 1969, P.A. 730, S. 40.)

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Sec. 17-134d. Transferred to Chapter 319v, Sec. 17b-262.

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Secs. 17-134e to 17-134m. Transferred to Chapter 319v, Secs. 17b-264 to 17b- 272, inclusive.

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Sec. 17-134n. Copayment charge for taxi and livery usage by medical assistance recipients. Section 17-134n is repealed.
(Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-5, S. 4, 6; P.A. 84-167, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-400.)

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Sec. 17-134o. Transferred to Chapter 319v, Sec. 17b-273.

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Sec. 17-134p. Second opinion required for certain elective nonemergency surgical procedures. Section 17-134p is repealed, effective July 1, 1993.
(P.A. 82-430, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87.)

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Secs. 17-134q to 17-134s. Transferred to Chapter 319v, Secs. 17b-274 to 17b-276, inclusive.

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Sec. 17-134t. Demonstration project for copayment for taxi and livery usage. Section 17-134t is repealed.
(P.A. 85-505, S. 13, 21; P.A. 87-400.)

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Sec. 17-134u. Transferred to Chapter 319v, Sec. 17b-277.

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Secs. 17-134v to 17-134y. Transferred to Chapter 319y, Secs. 17b-357 to 17b-360, inclusive.

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Secs. 17-134z to 17-134gg. Transferred to Chapter 319v, Secs. 17b-278 to 17b- 285, inclusive.

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Secs. 17-134hh and 17-134ii. Transferred to Chapter 319y, Secs. 17b-361 and 17b-362.

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Sec. 17-135. Transferred to Sec. 17-83d.


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