Connecticut’s long-term care workers have until Sept. 7 to get their first COVID-19 dose, or their communities will face a $20,000 per day civil penalty, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Friday.
Connecticut long-term care providers are quickly trying to comply with a state mandate that requires healthcare workers hired during the pandemic to submit fingerprints for a background check by July 20 or face termination.
To mitigate COVID-19 risk and facilitate hiring, Connecticut officials had relaxed fingerprinting. But the stateâs Department of Public Health recently reminded providers that the requirement was back in full effect. They reiterated the deadline in an urgent memo sent to nursing homes and other healthcare facilities late last week, according to multiple local reports.
More than 7,000 workers were hired across the state during the public health crisis, and, so far, about 3,000 have been fingerprinted, according to the health department.
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