Sec. 17b-101. (Formerly Sec. 17-83m). State's right of subrogation to right of applicant or recipient of assistance re transfer of property. Civil action by commissioner.
Sec. 17b-101. (Formerly Sec. 17-83m). State's right of subrogation to right of
applicant or recipient of assistance re transfer of property. Civil action by commissioner. In the event that any person applying for or receiving public assistance or state-administered general assistance has any right to rescind, revoke, avoid or otherwise
set aside any assignment, transfer or other disposition of property, the state shall be
subrogated to such right. The Commissioner of Social Services may bring such civil
actions and pursue such other remedies as would have been available to such recipient
to enforce such right, for the purposes described in section 17b-100, whether or not
such disposition constituted a fraudulent conveyance within the meaning of said section
17b-100.
(P.A. 80-469, S. 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 47, 165.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and
department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-83m transferred to Sec. 17b-101 in 1995; June 18 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.
See Sec. 17b-100 re fraudulent conveyance of property to obtain assistance.
Annotations to former section 17-83m:
Cited. 208 C. 606. Cited. 211 C. 323.