General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5402
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1415
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING EXPENDITURES OF STATE AGENCIES PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2014) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall review the programs administered by each state agency that provides social services to residents of the state in order to determine: (1) The cost and effectiveness of each such program in relation to all such programs; (2) the relative importance of the services provided under each such program to the recipients of such services; (3) the likelihood that recipients could qualify for similar services under federal, local or private programs; and (4) the effects of the phase-out or elimination of such programs. The secretary shall submit, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies not later than January 1, 2015.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2014	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To review the programs administered by state agencies providing social services.

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