Jenna Carlesso

1 week ago | courant.com | Andrew Brown |Jenna Carlesso

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a long list of bills that could change which government records are accessible to the public or alter how public meetings are conducted in the state. Altogether, lawmakers have advanced more than a dozen pieces of legislation that seek to restrict the types of records that people can obtain through the state’s Freedom of Information Act, which was passed in 1975 to provide an avenue for the public to learn how their state and local governments are operating.

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Andrew Brown |Jenna Carlesso

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a long list of bills that could change which government records are accessible to the public or alter how public meetings are conducted in the state. Altogether, lawmakers have advanced more than a dozen pieces of legislation that seek to restrict the types of records that people can obtain through the state’s Freedom of Information Act, which was passed in 1975 to provide an avenue for the public to learn how their state and local governments are operating.

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Jenna Carlesso |Keith Phaneuf

Legislators intent on boosting direct care for nursing home residents have recommended raising the daily minimum staffing requirement from three to 3.6 hours, a change that would provide about 36 minutes of additional care per resident each day. But a recent analysis by the state’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis shows the move would come with a hefty price tag: $24.2 million, half of which would be picked up by the state through Medicaid payments.

2 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Jenna Carlesso |Keith Phaneuf

Legislators intent on boosting direct care for nursing home residents have recommended raising the daily minimum staffing requirement from three to 3.6 hours, a change that would provide about 36 minutes of additional care per resident each day. But a recent analysis by the state’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis shows the move would come with a hefty price tag: $24.2 million, half of which would be picked up by the state through Medicaid payments.

1 month ago | ctmirror.org | Jenna Carlesso

A third legislative committee has advanced a broad bill that would add protections for purchasers of long-term care insurance and boost transparency around rate hike requests. The Government Oversight Committee on Tuesday passed a measure that would require public hearings for rate increase requests that exceed 10%, notifications to prospective buyers about the risk of rate hikes, and caps on premium increases for certain long-term care insurance policies.