Sec. 17b-1. Department of Social Services. Commissioner. Successor department to Departments of Income Maintenance, Human Resources and Aging.
Sec. 17b-1. Department of Social Services. Commissioner. Successor department to Departments of Income Maintenance, Human Resources and Aging. (a)
There is established a Department of Social Services. The department head shall be the
Commissioner of Social Services, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance
with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, with the powers and duties therein
prescribed.
(b) The Department of Social Services shall constitute a successor department to
the Department of Income Maintenance, the Department of Human Resources and the
Department on Aging in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.
(c) Wherever the words "Commissioner of Income Maintenance", "Commissioner
of Human Resources" or "Commissioner on Aging" are used in the general statutes, the
words "Commissioner of Social Services" shall be substituted in lieu thereof. Wherever
the words "Department of Income Maintenance", "Department of Human Resources" or
"Department on Aging" are used in the general statutes, "Department of Social Services"
shall be substituted in lieu thereof.
(d) Any order or regulation of the Department of Income Maintenance, the Department of Human Resources or the Department on Aging which is in force on July 1,
1993, shall continue in force and effect as an order or regulation of the Department of
Social Services until amended, repealed or superseded pursuant to law. Where any order
or regulation of said departments conflict, the Commissioner of Social Services may
implement policies and procedures consistent with the provisions of public act 93-262*
while in the process of adopting the policy or procedure in regulation form, provided
notice of intention to adopt the regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal
within twenty days of implementation. The policy or procedure shall be valid until the
time final regulations are effective.
(P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
*Note: Public act 93-262 is entitled "An Act Concerning the Establishment of the Department of Social Services". (See
Reference Table captioned "Public Acts of 1993" in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by
the act.)
History: P.A. 93-262 effective July 1, 1993.
Cited. 39 CA 216.