The bill presented is General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 206, which is set to be effective from July 1, 2024. This bill mandates the Commissioner of Social Services to expand the existing waiver program under section 17b-283 of the general statutes. The expansion includes the provision of an additional fifty slots within the program. Specifically, two of these slots are to be reserved for children diagnosed with juvenile Tay-Sachs disease, a rare genetic disorder. However, if there are not two children with Tay-Sachs disease, these slots may be allocated to children with another rare, life-threatening disease.

The bill introduces new legal language to be inserted into the current law, which is indicated by the term "insertion." The insertions include the bill number (Substitute Bill No. 206) and the effective date of the new section (July 1, 2024). There are no deletions indicated in the text provided. The bill has received a joint favorable substitution from the Human Services Committee and is recommended by the Appropriations Committee.

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