Sec. 17b-101. (Formerly Sec. 17-83m). State's right of subrogation to right of applicant or recipient of assistance re transfer of property. Civil action by commissioner. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-101. (Formerly Sec. 17-83m). State's right of subrogation to right of applicant or recipient of assistance re transfer of property. Civil action by commissioner. In the event that any person applying for or receiving public assistance or state-administered general assistance has any right to rescind, revoke, avoid or otherwise set aside any assignment, transfer or other disposition of property, the state shall be subrogated to such right. The Commissioner of Social Services may bring such civil actions and pursue such other remedies as would have been available to such recipient to enforce such right, for the purposes described in section 17b-100, whether or not such disposition constituted a fraudulent conveyance within the meaning of said section 17b-100.

      (P.A. 80-469, S. 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 47, 165.)

      History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-83m transferred to Sec. 17b-101 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.

      See Sec. 17b-100 re fraudulent conveyance of property to obtain assistance.

      Annotations to former section 17-83m:

      Cited. 208 C. 606. Cited. 211 C. 323.