AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5696*
*January Session, 2005*		LCO No. 1538

Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
REP. ZALASKI, 81st Dist. REP. O'BRIEN, 24th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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

That section 17b-9 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the Department of Social Services, to the extent permitted under state and federal confidentiality laws, shall require state employers to provide the department with information concerning the number of employees receiving state cash or medical assistance, and thereafter the Commissioner of Social Services shall compile such information to be included with the commissioner's annual report to the General Assembly.

Statement of Purpose:

To require the Department of Social Services to annually report to the General Assembly information concerning state employers with employees receiving state cash or medical assistance benefits.