Sec. 17b-422. (Formerly Sec. 17a-305). Allocation of funds. Review. Voluntary fee for meals.
Sec. 17b-422. (Formerly Sec. 17a-305). Allocation of funds. Review. Voluntary
fee for meals. (a) The Department of Social Services shall equitably allocate, in accordance with federal law, federal funds received under Title IIIB and IIIC of the Older
Americans Act to the five area agencies on aging established pursuant to section 17b-421. The department, before seeking federal approval to spend any amount above that
allotted for administrative expenses under said act, shall inform the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services
that it is seeking such approval.
(b) Sixty per cent of the state funds appropriated to the five area agencies on aging
for elderly nutrition and social services shall be allocated in the same proportion as
allocations made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Forty per cent of all state
funds appropriated to the five area agencies on aging for elderly nutrition and social
services used for purposes other than the required nonfederal matching funds shall be
allocated at the discretion of the Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with
the five area agencies on aging, based on their need for such funds. Any state funds
appropriated to the five area agencies on aging for administrative expenses shall be
allocated equally.
(c) The Department of Social Services, in consultation with the five area agencies
on aging, shall review the method of allocation set forth in subsection (a) of this section
and shall report any findings or recommendations to the joint standing committees of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the
budgets of state agencies and human services.
(d) An area agency may request a person participating in the elderly nutrition program to pay a voluntary fee for meals furnished, except that no eligible person shall be
denied a meal due to an inability to pay such fee.
(P.A. 86-368, S. 2, 3, 5; P.A. 88-301, S. 1, 2; P.A. 92-230, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 03-278, S. 66.)
History: P.A. 88-301 changed the formula for the allocation of state funds in Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (d) allowing
an area agency to request a voluntary fee for meals furnished; Sec. 17-136h transferred to Sec. 17a-305 in 1991; P.A. 92-230 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting formula for allocation of federal funds and substituting requirement that funds be
allocated equitably between the five area agencies on aging and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) for consistency; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department on aging,
effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-305 transferred to Sec. 17b-422 in 1995; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsecs.
(a) to (d), effective July 9, 2003.