General Assembly |
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January Session, 2015 |
LCO No. 5240 | ||
*05240HB06464HS_* | |||
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES |
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Introduced by: |
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(HS) |
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AN ACT ASSISTING MOBILITY-CHALLENGED SENIOR CITIZENS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 17b-607 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (d) as follows (Effective from passage):
(NEW) (d) On and after July 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services shall, within available appropriations, provide loans pursuant to the terms described in subsection (a) of this section to communities of one hundred thousand or more persons for the purchase of vehicles equipped to transport a mobility-challenged senior citizen and his or her adaptive equipment, including, but not limited to, a walker, wheelchair or scooter. For purposes of this subsection, "mobility-challenged senior citizen" means a person sixty years of age and older who needs adaptive equipment to aid with mobility.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
17b-607 |
Statement of Purpose:
To assist large communities with the purchase of specially equipped vehicles to transport mobility-challenged senior citizens and their adaptive equipment, including, but not limited to, wheelchairs, scooters and walkers.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist.; REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.; REP. PORTER, 94th Dist. REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.; REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. |