CT SB00251

Commissioner of Social Services must accept required documents from benefit applicants and recipients through manual delivery, fax, mail, or email with attachments at designated addresses and numbers.

Commissioner must inform applicants and recipients in writing and through posted notices at department offices and social service agencies about all available document delivery methods.

Commissioner must affix the date of document receipt to each submitted document and record the date in the applicant's or recipient's online benefits account with visible document details.

Documents are considered received on the date they arrive at a department regional office, the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, the department's scanning center, or any other agency or contractor acting on the department's behalf.

Effective July 1, 2014.