Sec. 17b-229. (Formerly Sec. 17-299). Liability for prior charges. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-229. (Formerly Sec. 17-299). Liability for prior charges. (a) No relative of a patient in a state humane institution, nor the estate of such relative, shall be liable for any portion of the cost of support of any such patient in such institution for any period prior to July 1, 1955, except unpaid charges billed by the Welfare Commissioner.

      (b) The provisions of sections 17a-278, 17a-502, 17b-222, 17b-223, 17b-228, 17b-232, 17b-745, 46b-215 and 53-304 shall not affect or impair the responsibility of any patient or patient's estate for his care in a state humane institution prior to July 1, 1955, and the same may be enforced by any action by which such responsibility would have been enforceable prior to July 1, 1955, but only to the extent of that portion of such estate as is not needed for the support of the spouse, parents and dependent children of such patient.

      (1955, S. 1499d; 1957, P.A. 330, S. 1, 2; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 25; P.A. 76-139, S. 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 91-406, S. 4, 29; P.A. 04-257, S. 33.)

      History: 1965 act deleted references to Secs. 17-159, 17-168 and 17-323 and added reference to Sec. 17-174a; P.A. 76-139 deleted reference to Secs. 19-122, 19-123 and 19-124 repealed by same act; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 would have replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of income maintenance but for qualifying date reference; P.A. 91-406 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), deleting references to Secs. 17-174a, 17-296 and 17-320 and adding references to Secs. 17a-278 and 46b-215; Sec. 17-299 transferred to Sec. 17b-229 in 1995; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2004.