Sec. 17b-459. (Formerly Sec. 17a-439). Payment for protective services. Procedures when elderly person unable to pay.
Sec. 17b-459. (Formerly Sec. 17a-439). Payment for protective services. Procedures when elderly person unable to pay. Concurrent with the implementation of
any protective services, an evaluation shall be undertaken by the Department of Social
Services, pursuant to regulations which shall be adopted by the Commissioner of Social
Services, in accordance with chapter 54, regarding the elderly person's financial capability for paying for the protective services. If the person is so able, procedures for the
reimbursement for the costs of providing the needed protective services shall be initiated.
If it is determined that the person is not financially capable of paying for such needed
services, the services shall be provided in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Commissioner of Social Services for the provision of welfare benefits
under such circumstances.
(P.A. 77-613, S. 10, 15; 77-614, S. 521, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-30, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced commissioner and department of social services with commissioner
and department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-30 made minor wording changes and made initiation
of procedures for reimbursement of costs mandatory if person is able to pay, substituting "shall" for "should"; Sec. 46a-23 transferred to Sec. 17a-439 in 1991; 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. 17a-439 transferred to Sec.
17b-459 in 1995.