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• Insurance Commissioner Reminds All Insureds Are Eligible for ‘No-Cost’ COVID-19 Testing and Treatment

• Attorney General Tong Announces False Claims Settlement with Optician Your Eyes of New Britain

  Attorney General Tong Announces False Claims Settlement with Optician Your Eyes of New Britain

• Attorney General Tong, U.S. Attorney Durham, DSS Commissioner Gifford announce settlement with Connecticut Counseling Centers over Drug Testing Overpayments

• Department of Social Services & Fatherhood Institute of CT Selected for Aspen Institute Fatherhood Learning & Action Community; Joining Fathers, Ten Other Organizations Working Toward Innovations to More Effectively Engage Fathers for Family Prosperity

• Statement on behalf of Lamont Administration by CT DSS Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford about Trump Administration’s ‘Healthy Adult Opportunity’ (block grant) for Medicaid

• Attorney General Tong Announces $82,500 False Claims Settlement With Brookfield Dentist

• Notice of Intent to Renew the Employment and Day Supports Medicaid Waiver

• Governor Malloy Announces $1.6 Million Federal Bonus for SNAP Food Aid Program

  “The Department of Social Services and its partners have done a great job in bringing food assistance to eligible residents through the federally-funded SNAP program,” Governor Malloy said. “The award of federal performance bonus dollars in recognition of this success will be reinvested to make the program even stronger.”

• Appropriations, Human Services and Energy and Technology Committees virtual public hearing Friday, August 20, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. on the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program allocation plan

  Appropriations, Human Services and Energy and Technology Committees virtual public hearing Friday, August 20, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. on the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program allocation plan

• CSCU Becomes First in New England to Offer Free Classes to SNAP-Enrolled Students at All 12 State Community Colleges

  CSCU Becomes First in New England to Offer Free Classes to SNAP-Enrolled Students at All 12 State Community Colleges

• State Reaches Settlement in False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Waterbury Behavioral Health Provider

  The state has reached a $200,000 settlement with a Waterbury behavioral health clinician, along with two behavioral health practices he owns or controls, that resolves a lawsuit alleging the providers engaged in a long-term scheme to defraud Connecticut's Medicaid program.

• State Initiates False Claims Act, Breach of Contract Lawsuit Against Norwich Behavioral Health Provider

  The state has initiated a lawsuit alleging violations of the Connecticut False Claims Act and breach of contract by a licensed professional counselor from Norwich.

• Guide to Hurricane Maria Resources, including June 18 Deadline for Registering for FEMA Services (Connecticut 2-1-1)

• Gov. Malloy Reminds Connecticut Residents the Deadline to Apply for Home Heating Assistance is May 1

  Those Seeking Assistance Should Call 2-1-1 or visit www.ct.gov/staywarm for Guidance

• State Files False Claims Act Lawsuit against East Hartford Behavioral Health Provider

  The state has filed a lawsuit against an East Hartford-based licensed clinical social worker and her company alleging that they billed the state's Medicaid program for services that were not provided to Medicaid recipients, in violation of the Connecticut False Claims Act, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.