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House Bill No. 5506
Public Act No. 22-118 642 of 739
funeral and burial payment authorized by this section shall be reduced by the amount of any prepaid funeral arrangement. Any amount paid from the estate under this section to any person that exceeds the limits provided in this section shall be repaid to the estate by such person, and such amount may be recovered in a civil action with interest at the legal rate from the date of demand. Sec. 456. Section 46b-130 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): The parents of a minor child for whom care or support of any kind has been provided under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to reimburse the state for such care or support. [to the same extent, and under the same terms and conditions, as are the parents of recipients of public assistance.] Upon receipt of foster care maintenance payments under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act by a minor child, the right of support, past, present and future, from a parent of such child shall, by this section, be assigned to the Commissioner of Children and Families, and the parents shall assist the commissioner in pursuing such support. On and after October 1, 2008, such assignment shall apply only to such support rights as accrue during the period of assistance, not to exceed the total amount of assistance provided to the child under Title IV-E. Referral by the commissioner shall promptly be made to the Office of Child Support Services of the Department of Social Services for pursuit of support for such minor child in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-179. Any child who reimburses the state under the provisions of subsection (l) of section 46b-129 for any care or support such child received shall have a right of action to recover such payments from such child's parents. Sec. 457. Section 18-85a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage and applicable to costs of incarceration incurred, before, on or after the effective date of this section):