February 24, 2015

Rep. Carpino Announces Public Hearing at Rocky Hill Veterans’ Home

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Rep. Christie Carpino, Co-Chair of the General Assembly’s Program Review and Investigations Committee (PRI), announced today that an important public hearing will be held Thursday, March 5, 6:30 p.m. at the Connecticut State Veterans’ Home, 287 West St. Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

One bill will be heard at the hearing: HB 6855, An act implementing the recommendations of the legislative program review and investigations committee regarding residential services at the Veterans’ Home.

An at-length study was conducted by nonpartisan PRI staff, at Rep. Carpino’s request, and this bill’s recommendations are based on their findings.

This bill’s intent is to implement several recommendations aimed at improving the facility’s services, including:

Improving collaboration, oversight, program monitoring, and opportunities for residents’ views to be heard

Transforming the Home’s domiciliary care into transitional and permanent supportive housing in terms of program design, staffing, rules, responsibilities, fees, and accommodations

Ensuring the Home’s substance use treatment services are high quality and possibly accessible to more veterans
Maintaining medical service quality at the Health Care Facility

Rep. Carpino encourages veterans, residents, and anyone with an interest in this bill to testify at the public hearing. Sign-up for the hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m., March 5th, at the Veterans’ Home. Written testimony can be emailed in Word or PDF format to PRItestimony@cga.ct.gov.

Click here for instructions on how to testify.

“It’s important for us to create public policy to help ensure a better quality of life for our veterans, and imperative to acknowledge how very important these brave men and women are to our communities and state,” said Rep. Carpino

The Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee was established by statute in 1972 to strengthen the General Assembly’s capacity for legislative oversight. The twelve-member committee is equally bipartisan and bicameral.

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