The department shall provide a program of nutrition education in accordance with the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as from time to time amended, and shall provide information to participants and applicants on their rights and responsibilities under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

(P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; 75-554, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-5, S. 3, 6; P.A. 88-156, S. 10; P.A. 09-9, S. 28.)

History: P.A. 75-420 allowed substitution of commissioner and department of social services for welfare commissioner and department in P.A. 75-554 which created the section; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner and department with commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-5 deleted previous provisions detailing required elements of “full participation” plan to be developed by income maintenance department and requiring commissioner of income maintenance to adopt regulations for implementation of plan after public hearing held and inserted instead generally stated requirement for provision of program of nutrition education and provision of information to participants and applicants of their rights and responsibilities under the food stamp program; P.A. 88-156 deleted provision requiring use of federal food stamp manual as state manual in administering food stamp program; Sec. 17-12d transferred to Sec. 17b-790 in 1995; P.A. 09-9 replaced “Food Stamp Act of 1977” with “Food and Nutrition Act of 2008” and replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.

Annotation to former section 17-12d:

Cited. 214 C. 256.