Sec. 17b-25a. Toll-free vendor fraud telephone line.
               	 		
      Sec. 17b-25a. Toll-free vendor fraud telephone line. (a) The Commissioner of 
Social Services shall provide toll-free telephone access for a person to report vendor 
fraud in any program operated by the Department of Social Services.
      (b) The commissioner shall include a reference to its toll-free vendor fraud telephone line established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in any advertisement 
of its programs or services.
      (c) The commissioner shall establish a public relations campaign, within available 
appropriations, to announce the creation of the toll-free telephone line established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
      (P.A. 96-169, S. 15.)