Conn. Agencies Regs. § 17a-306-25
To protect all personnel and safeguard the assets of agencies in the Connecticut aging network, this section presents a code of conduct to serve as a guide for area agencies on aging to adopt for procurement matters.
Area agencies on aging shall adopt a written code of conduct that is no less stringent than the following:
"No employee, officer, member of the Board of Directors or agent of the area agency on aging shall participate in selection or in the award or administration of a contract or competitively awarded grant supported by Federal funds if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved. Such a conflict would arise when: an employee, officer, member of the Board of Directors, or agent; any member of his or her immediate family, his or her partner, or an organization that employs, or is about to employ, any of the above, has a financial or other interest in the organization selected for award.
The area agency on aging's officers, employees, members of the Board of Directors or agents shall neither solicit nor accept gratuities, favors or anything of monetary value from contractors or potential contractors, grantees or potential grantees, or parties to subagreements. Area agencies on aging may set minimum rules where the financial interest is not substantial or the gift is an unsolicited item of nominal intrinsic value, provided such level is not above $25.00. To the extent permitted by State or local law or regulations, such standards of conduct shall provide for penalties, sanctions or other disciplinary actions for violation of such standards by the area agency on aging's officers, members of the Board of Directors, employees or agents, or by contractors or grantees or their agents."
Conn. Agencies Regs. § 17a-306-25