Sec.17-615-1. Definitions

As used in Sections 17-615-1 through 17-615-10, inclusive:

(a) "Business firm" means any business firm as defined in Section 17-613 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(b) "Child day care" means the care that is provided to children of business firm employees by (1) registered or licensed child care providers, (2) providers giving day care in the child's home, (3) or a relative giving day care in the relative's home that has been approved by the Commissioner.

(c) "Child Day Care Center" means a program of supplementary care for related or unrelated children outside their homes on a regular basis for a part of the 24 hours in one or more days in the week.

(d) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources.

(e) "Department" means the Department of Human Resources.

(f) "Expenditure year" means the calendar year in which amounts are invested in programs operated or created pursuant to an application approved in accordance with Section 17-613 (b) of the Connecticut General Statutes or in which expenditures are paid or incurred in relation to facilities pursuant to an application approved in accordance with Section 17-613 (c) of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(g) "Low income employee" is an individual, employed by the business firm making an application, whose gross wage from the firm at the time of application does not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the median income for an individual as annually established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the State of Connecticut.

(h) "Subsidy" means a direct money payment made by a business firm to an employee for the payment of child day care expenses, or paid to a provider on behalf of particular employees.

(i) "Tax credit allocation" means the amount of tax credit allocated by the Department to a business firm whose application for the Child Day Care Business Firm Tax Credit Programs has been approved by the Commissioner.

(Effective October 2, 1991)