§ 17b-20 — (Formerly Sec. 17-574). Grants for pilot projects or demonstrations.

The Commissioner of Social Services may provide grants to public or private agencies for pilot projects or demonstrations, or both, where the commissioner believes such projects or demonstrations may be of value to the Department of Social Services, under criteria established by regulations of said commissioner.

Legislative History

(1971, P.A. 374, S. 2; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 86-279, S. 1; P.A. 91-401, S. 17, 20; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.) History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner and department with commissioner and department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of social services with commissioner and department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 17-3e transferred to Sec. 17-31e in 1979; P.A. 86-279 required commissioner to adopt regulations to insure audits of grants, to conduct inquiry into status and fiscal stability of unaudited grant programs and to order audits and seek court enforcement in cases of noncompliance and divided section into Subsecs.; Sec. 17-31e transferred to Sec. 17-574 in 1991; P.A. 91-401 repealed former Subsec. (a) re regulations to ensure grants by department are audited as required under Sec. 7-396a, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-574 transferred to Sec. 17b-20 in 1995.