Press Releases

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• 5/24/2019 Governor Lamont Selects Dr. Deidre Gifford to Serve as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services

  Governor Lamont Selects Dr. Deidre Gifford to Serve as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services

• 4/30/2019 A Message Regarding the Renewal of the Acquired Brain Injury 2 Medicaid Waiver

  A Message Regarding the Renewal of the Acquired Brain Injury 2 Medicaid Waiver

• 4/10/2019 Attorney General Tong, DSS Commissioner Bremby Announce Joint Federal-State False Claims Act Settlement with Waterbury Social Worker

  Attorney General Tong, DSS Commissioner Bremby Announce Joint Federal-State False Claims Act Settlement with Waterbury Social Worker

• 4/5/2019 Attorney General Tong Announces False Claims Act Settlement with New Haven Dentist

• 3/7/2019 Attorney General Tong Announces False Claims Act Settlement with Med Tech LLC

  Attorney General Tong Announces False Claims Act Settlement with Med Tech LLC

• 1/29/2019 State Reaches False Claims Act Settlement with West Haven Behavioral Analyst Regarding Improper Billing for Autism Services

  State Reaches False Claims Act Settlement with West Haven Behavioral Analyst Regarding Improper Billing for Autism Services

• 1/17/2019 New Haven Behavioral Health Provider Agrees to Settlement, Suspension to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

  New Haven Behavioral Health Provider Agrees to Settlement, Suspension to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

• 10/11/2018 Community First Choice program: Q&A for Applicants and Family Members from Departments of Social Services and Developmental Services

  Community First Choice is a program that provides personal care attendant services to people with disabilities living in the community.

• 10/9/2018 Gov. Malloy: Federal Government Says Connecticut Is Among Best in Nation For Efficient Enrollment in Food Aid Program, Gives $2.4 Million In Bonus Awards To State

  Gov. Malloy: Federal Government Says Connecticut Is Among Best in Nation For Efficient Enrollment in Food Aid Program, Gives $2.4 Million In Bonus Awards To State

• 10/2/2018 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

• 9/6/2018 Gov. Malloy: Connecticut Receives $12.2 Million to Support Health Information Exchange System

• 9/5/2018 Connecticut Plans for the federal Social Services and Community Services Block Grants for Federal Fiscal Year 2019

  The Social Services Block Grant and the Community Services Block Grant public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, September 18, 2018 beginning at 12:30 p.m. in Room 2E of the Legislative Office Building, 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford CT.

• 8/8/2018 Public Hearing on Connecticut's 2018-2019 Winter Heating Assistance Program

  The State of Connecticut’s Federal Fiscal Year 2019 Low-Income Energy Assistance Program Block Grant Allocation Plan will be the subject of a joint public hearing before the Appropriations, Human Services, and Energy and Technology Committees on Friday, August 17, 2018, at 11 a.m. in Room 2E of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

• 7/10/2018 State Reaches False Claims Act Settlement with Norwich Behavioral Health Practice

  A Norwich behavioral health practice and its co-owners, a mother and her daughter who are both licensed behavioral health clinicians, have agreed to a $300,000 settlement to resolve alleged violations of Connecticut's False Claims Act, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.

• 7/3/2018 Connecticut Enters Joint State-Federal False Claims Act Settlement with Waterford Behavioral Health Provider

  The state and federal governments have reached a joint settlement resolving allegations that a Waterford psychologist submitted false claims for behavioral health services she never provided to her Connecticut Medicaid patients, Attorney General George Jepsen and Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.