Bill Text: CT SB00276 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Child Care Assistance For Working Parents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-18 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00276 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00276-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 276
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2034
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR WORKING PARENTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 17b-749 of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Early Childhood to open enrollment for child care subsidies to parents who earn not more than seventy-five per cent of the state-wide median income.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide support to working parents whose incomes exceed fifty per cent but not seventy-five per cent of state-wide median income.