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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 383 of 739

(d) Each community action agency applying for a grant under this section shall submit an application in such form and manner as prescribed by the Commissioner of [Public Health] Social Services. Each application shall include the following information: (1) The location of the principal place of business of the applicant; (2) the number of community health workers employed by the applicant [or that] and the number of community health workers the applicant seeks to employ under the grant and the range of services provided or to be provided by such community health workers; (3) an explanation of the intended use of the grant being applied for; (4) strategies for integrating community health workers into an individual's care delivery team, including, but not limited to, the capacity to address health care and social services needs; and [(4)] (5) such other information that the commissioner deems necessary. (e) The Department of [Public Health] Social Services shall review all grant applications received under the program and determine which applications are eligible for funding. Criteria for such determinations shall be established by the department and included in the notice of grant availability described in subsection (c) of this section. (f) The amount of any grant issued to a community action agency pursuant to this section shall not exceed [thirty] forty thousand dollars annually per community health worker employed by such agency and the total amount of grants issued to community action agencies in the aggregate shall not exceed [six] seven million dollars. No grant shall be issued pursuant to this section after June 30, [2023] 2024. [(g) (1) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Public Health shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and human services regarding the progress of the program and including any requisite legislative proposals to accomplish the goals of the