Zeoli v. Commissioner of Social Services

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas reversing an order of the commissioner of the department of social services terminating medical assistance payments to the plaintiffs, Christine and Rita Zeoli. The plaintiffs, mentally handicapped women who are incapable of caring for themselves, were placed in a convalescent institution on December 1, 1973, two months after their father’s death. Payment of medical assistance also commenced on December 1,1973, pursuant to § 17-134a of the General Statutes, which authorizes those benefits in accordance with title XIX of the Social…