General Assembly

Committee Bill No. 6464

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 5240

*_____HB06464HS_APP032415____*

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

Introduced by:

(HS)

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

HS

Joint Favorable C/R

APP


General Assembly		*Committee Bill No. 6464*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 5240
		_____HB06464HS_APP032415____
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	17b-607