A plan to implement mandatory nurse staffing ratios in CT hospitals was scrapped, but an overhaul of hospital staffing committees survived.
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Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers gets OK
The Senate passed the original bill without the community health worker provision, which was included in an amendment added Wednesday morning.
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CT wonāt allow trade associations to offer health plans this year
A bill to allow CT trade associations to offer group insurance plans failed to gather enough support. Many patient advocacy groups opposed it.
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CT House passes expansion of HUSKY for immigrant children
The measure would extend Medicaid coverage to kids 15 and younger without legal status. But advocates wanted people up to age 25 to qualify.
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Lamont, CT hospitals reach deal to lower health care costs
The deal would, among other things, ban certain terms in contracts between health care providers and insurers deemed āanti-competitive.ā
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Trade association health plans get tepid OK from key player
A new version of a bill to give small businesses a new option for health care plans got a boost from CT’s health care advocate Ted Doolittle.
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Beefed-up elder care reform bill clears CT House
The legislation boosts transparency in nursing home finances, increases oversight of homemaker companion agencies and adds protections.
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House passes expansion of autism, disability services
The bill would address Medicaid waiver waitlists and expand services for residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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CT House passes bill that expands access to contraception, Narcan
The wide-ranging bill passed by the CT House aims to increase access to birth control, emergency contraception and medications like Narcan.
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How Connecticut changed during COVID, in 10 charts
The COVID public health emergency is over, three years after it began. How did Connecticut change, and what changes are here to stay?
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Bill adding protections for abortion providers clears House
The bill protects CT providers who face disciplinary action in other states for performing abortions.
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CT health centers warn of cuts to services if funding is scaled back
Without a proposed $32 million boost, CT health centers would look to trim staff, hours of operation and some services, officials said.
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CT hospital staffing measure shifts away from mandated ratios
CT lawmakers have moved away from mandated staffing ratios and plan to bolster hospital staffing committees and create an oversight panel.
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Union to strike at group homes serving 1,500 disabled clients
More than 1,700 members of SEIU 1199NE seeking a ‘pathway to $25/hour’ are set to strike May 24 against six agencies that run group homes.
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Health care in rural Connecticut faces key challenges, officials say
Getting health care in rural Connecticut isn’t always easy, especially because of transportation, staffing and revenue issues, officials say.