Published July 03. 2021 2:35AM
By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
Roughly 7,000 health care workers across the state who were hired during the pandemic must be terminated if they aren t fingerprinted for state-mandated background checks before July 20, the Connecticut Department of Public Health is warning in urgent memos being sent to nursing homes, home health agencies, chronic disease hospitals and other health care facilities.
The nursing home industry, however, is hoping for an extension considering the staffing shortages it and health-related industries are experiencing.
July 20 marks the date when Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s public health and civil preparedness emergencies are currently scheduled to expire. The fingerprint checks were suspended last year under one of Lamont’s executive orders to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
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