Connecticut General Statutes/Title 4a/Chapter 57/Section 4a-13

CGS § 4a-13. (Formerly Sec. 4-68e). Commissioner may accept mortgage notes and deeds in payment of claims.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services may accept mortgage notes and mortgage deeds in payment of claims due for (1) institutional care, and (2) to the extent required under federal law, medical assistance. The commissioner may accept such mortgage notes and mortgage deeds on such terms and conditions as the commissioner deems proper and reasonable, and such encumbrances may be foreclosed in an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction by the commissioner on behalf of the state. Any such encumbrance shall be released by the commissioner upon payment of the amount by it secured.

Short History

(1959, P.A. 203; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 10-32, S. 10; P.A. 21-3, S. 2.)

Long History

History: 1967 act replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of finance and control; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 4-68e transferred to Sec. 4a-13 in 1989; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 21-3 deleted “welfare assistance or” from claims due, added Subdiv. (1) designator and Subdiv. (2) re limitation on recovery of medical assistance, and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2021.

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