Sec. 17b-288. Organ transplant account. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-288. Organ transplant account. Regulations. (a) There is established
an organ transplant account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the
General Fund. Any moneys collected under the contribution system established under
section 12-743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into the
account. This account may also receive moneys from public and private sources or
from the federal government. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the
Department of Social Services or persons acting under a contract with the department,
(1) to assist residents of the state in paying all or part of any costs associated with a
medically required organ transplant, (2) to assist individuals who have donated an organ
to a resident of the state in paying all or part of any costs associated with the organ
donation, including, but not limited to, costs of transportation, accommodation and lost
wages, or (3) the promotion of the income tax contribution system and the organ transplant account. Expenditures from the account in any fiscal year for the promotion of
the contribution system or the account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of
moneys raised during the previous fiscal year provided such limitation shall not apply
to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand dollars from the account on or before
July 1, 1994, to reimburse expenditures made on or before said date, with prior written
authorization of the Commissioner of Public Health, by private organizations to promote
the contribution system and the organ transplant account.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide for the distribution of funds available
pursuant to this section and section 12-743.
(P.A. 93-233, S. 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 94-175, S. 15, 32; 94-210, S. 25, 30; May Sp. Sess. P.A.
94-4, S. 80, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 08-184, S. 52.)
History: P.A. 93-381 and P.A. 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of public health and
addiction services for commissioner and department of health services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-175 in Subsec. (a)
changed account name from "organ transplant fund account" to "organ transplant account", effective June 2, 1994; P.A.
94-210 transferred responsibility for the program from the department of public health and addiction services to the department of social services, effective July 1, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 and P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of P.A. 94-175 but without affecting this section; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction
Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 08-184 amended Subsec. (a)
by adding new Subdiv. (2) re providing assistance to individuals who have donated organ to a state resident by paying
certain costs associated with the donation and redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2008.