Connecticut § 17a-853 (Formerly Sec. 17a-302a). Meetings with nutrition service stakeholders.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 17a-853 — (Formerly Sec. 17a-302a). Meetings with nutrition service stakeholders.

Connecticut § 17a-853

Title 17aSocial and Human Services and Resources

Ch. 319lDepartment of Aging and Disability Services

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-853 (2026).

Text

The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall hold quarterly meetings with nutrition service stakeholders to (1) develop recommendations to address complexities in the administrative processes of nutrition services programs, (2) establish quality control benchmarks in such programs, and (3) help move toward greater quality, efficiency and transparency in the elderly nutrition program. Stakeholders shall include, but need not be limited to, (A) one representative of each of the following:

(i)Area agencies on aging, (ii) access agencies, (iii) the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, and (iv) nutrition providers, and (B) one or more representatives of (i) food security programs, (ii) contractors, (iii) nutrition host sites, and (iv) consumers.

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The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall hold quarterly meetings with nutrition service stakeholders to (1) develop recommendations to address complexities in the administrative processes of nutrition services programs, (2) establish quality control benchmarks in such programs, and (3) help move toward greater quality, efficiency and transparency in the elderly nutrition program. Stakeholders shall include, but need not be limited to, (A) one representative of each of the following: (i) Area agencies on aging, (ii) access agencies, (iii) the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, and (iv) nutrition providers, and (B) one or more representatives of (i) food security programs, (ii) contractors, (iii) nutrition host sites, and (iv) consumers.

Legislative History

(P.A. 14-73, S. 2; P.A. 15-40, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 150; P.A. 17-34, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 316; P.A. 18-169, S. 39; P.A. 19-117, S. 122; 19-157, S. 41.) History: P.A. 14-73 effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-40 designated existing provisions re quarterly meetings as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add provisions re stakeholder representatives and make technical changes and added Subsec. (b) re study of alternative sources of funding and report, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to make a technical change and to replace “Commission on Aging” with “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-34 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and inserted clause designators (i) to (iv) in Subdiv. (3)(B), and deleted former Subsec. (b) re study and report of alternative sources of funding for nutrition services programs, effective June 8, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 deleted reference to Department on Aging re quarterly meetings, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-169 replaced “Department of Social Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-117 amended Subdiv. (3)(A)(iii) to replace “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors” with “Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity”, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17a-302a transferred to Sec. 17a-853 in 2023.