Connecticut General Statutes/Title 17b/Chapter 319s/Section 17b-130

CGS § 17b-130. (Formerly Sec. 17-284). Claims for supplies or assistance furnished to pauper.

No individual shall have any claim against a town for supplies or assistance furnished to a pauper against the express directions of the selectmen and no individual, except a medical provider, shall have any such claim before he has given notice of the condition of such pauper to one of the selectmen of the town where the pauper resides.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 2594; 1971, P.A. 232; P.A. 83-575, S. 6, 10.)

Long History

History: 1971 act deleted provision placing paupers under control of selectmen; P.A. 83-575 added the exception for a medical provider, effective April 1, 1984; Sec. 17-284 transferred to Sec. 17b-130 in 1995.

Citations

Annotations to former section 17-284:

No recovery from town for support of person if such person has property. 4 C. 553; 5 C. 244; 34 C. 264; 68 C. 139. Notice to selectmen of the town where the pauper resides is indispensable. 6 C. 72. What constitutes “notice”. 18 C. 189; 43 C. 53; 112 C. 406. Selectmen not necessarily confined in the exercise of their powers to the limits of their own towns. 71 C. 724. Disclaimer by town to hospital fell short of express direction not to furnish aid. 112 C. 407. Cited. 139 C. 472; 146 C. 686; 149 C. 219.

Compliance with notice provisions of section is condition precedent to right of physician or hospital to recover against town for services rendered to resident thereof unable to pay for such services. 33 CS 765.

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