{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-14e","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-14e","heading":"Need-based program for waiver of application costs and licensure fees for persons applying for licensure as a mental or behavioral health care provider who will provide mental or behavioral health care services to children.","body":"The Commissioner of Public Health shall establish, within available appropriations, a need-based program pursuant to which the commissioner may waive application costs and licensure fees for persons who are applying to the Department of Public Health for licensure as a mental or behavioral health care provider pursuant to chapter 370, 382a, 383, 383a, 383b or 383c, or section 20-195mmm, and who will provide mental or behavioral health care services to children. The Commissioner of Public Health shall develop eligibility requirements based on financial need for recipients of a waiver of such costs and fees and give priority to each applicant (1) who is a member of a racial or ethnic minority, (2) for whom English is a second language, (3) who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, or (4) who has a disability. The Department of Public Health may accept private donations for the program.","path":["TITLE 19a. PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING","CHAPTER 368a*. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368a.htm#sec_19a-14e","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:03Z","sha256":"aec0634c0ae08706040cd10c7df19a9dc2f33a0afd6c2f2073ad210201d3b28e","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-14d","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}