Proposals on everything from cameras in nursing homes to government-sponsored insurance for small businesses and nonprofits were floated this session.
Nursing Homes
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Bill permitting use of cameras in nursing homes wins final passage
Residents will be responsible for purchasing, setting up and maintaining the devices.
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Proposal requiring higher staffing levels in nursing homes clears Senate
Under the proposal, nursing home staff are required to provide at least three hours of direct care per resident daily.
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Calls intensify for nursing home reform as legislative session nears its end
Higher mandatory staffing levels, better infection control measures are among the priorities
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Lamont reaches deal to avert nursing home strike
A Medicaid rate increase for wages and health benefits is key part of the deal
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Nursing home workers’ union says deal with state is ‘not there yet’
Seven nursing homes are postponing their strike by two weeks.
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Lamont to nursing home union: You have CT’s last and best offer
Governor taps National Guard to be ready in event of strike Friday
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Workers at 6 more CT nursing homes say they are prepared to strike
SEIU District 1199 New England added six more nursing homes to the potential strike.
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Top lawmakers: CT has enough money to avert a nursing home strike
With a big budget reserve and federal funding, legislative leaders are confident Connecticut can avert a nursing home strike.
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Union warns nursing homes that thousands of workers are prepared to strike
About 3,400 union members are poised to strike as soon as May 14.
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Proposal allowing cameras in nursing homes moves to Senate
Bills permitting the recording devices have been raised several times in Connecticut, but the push this year is strong.
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Nursing home strikes loom large in CT as strike votes are underway
Initial union balloting at 33 Connecticut nursing homes overwhelmingly favors a strike, and staff at 11 more homes will vote soon.
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Strikes possible at more than 50 CT nursing homes this spring
Battered by the pandemic, low-paid workers and cash-strapped nursing homes ask state for help
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In an effort to shield nursing homes from new COVID cases, state focuses on short-term residents
Every nursing home will soon be paired with a provider that can regularly address the facility’s vaccination needs.
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‘The clouds are starting to open:’ Residents and staff remember hardship, contemplate future one year after COVID hit Connecticut’s nursing homes
Grace Davis was born during the Spanish flu and outlived two husbands. At 101 years old, she was still going strong when COVID-19 began its lethal spread through Connecticut’s nursing homes. Then in May, she caught the disease. “At first my symptoms were like what the flu would have been,” she said in a Zoom […]