Sec. 17b-89. (Formerly Sec. 17-82n). Change in level of assistance payments authorized. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-89. (Formerly Sec. 17-82n). Change in level of assistance payments authorized. The Commissioner of Social Services, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may selectively increase or decrease the level of certain assistance payments in any of the public assistance programs when necessary to correct an inequity or to comply with state or federal law or regulation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the commissioner to increase or decrease the standards of assistance payments affecting all or most public assistance recipients in any category of public assistance.

      (June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 16; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 85-505, S. 19, 21; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

      History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-505 detailed when commissioner may increase or decrease payment levels, authorizing such increases or decreases to correct inequities and to effect compliance with state or federal laws or regulations rather than when "necessary to carry out the policy of the state" as was previously the case; 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. 17-82n transferred to Sec. 17b-89 in 1995.

      Annotation to former section 17-82n:

      Cited. 214 C. 256.