Connecticut SB 479: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING PROGRAM.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 479
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL FUND
APPLICATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1) 1
"Rural Health Transformation Program" means a federal program 2
established pursuant to P.L. 119-21 that provides grants to states to 3
improve the health of rural residents; and (2) "technical assistance 4
funding" means federal grants to states to implement system 5
modifications to implement eligibility changes for certain public 6
assistance programs, including, but not limited to, Medicaid required 7
pursuant to P.L. 119-21. 8
(b) Not later than thirty days before submitting an application for 9
Rural Health Transformation Program grants or for technical assistance 10
funding, the Commissioner of Social Services shall forward such 11
application to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 12
having cognizance of matters relating to human services. The committee 13
may schedule a public hearing on such application and vote on whether 14
to approve, deny or modify the application. 15
(c) If the committee does not vote to approve, deny or modify such 16
application not later than thirty days after receipt of such application 17
from the commissioner, the application shall be deemed approved. If 18
the committee votes to deny the application, the commissioner shall not 19

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submit such application to the federal government. If the committee 20
votes to modify the application, the commissioner shall modify the 21
application in accordance with the committee's vote before submission 22
to the federal government. 23
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (a)(1), "grant program" was changed to "program" and "to be
distributed" was changed to "that provides grants" for clarity.

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