The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9; Special Act 21-5; section 19a-491c modified
- Issued
- 2021-09-03 Sept. 3, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-03 (compliance by Sept. 27, 2021) (read as 2021-09-03)
- End
- Through Sept. 30, 2021; extended to Feb. 15, 2022 by EO 14A (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Sept. 3, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- long-term care facilities
- covered LTC workers: employees, consultants, contractors, volunteers, caregivers and students
- Functions reached
- HR
- IC
- PL staffing placements
- RS residential care
- HC home-care agencies contracting with LTC facilities
- Collection
- Connecticut CT
Operative words
by September 27, 2021, long-term care facilities shall: a. prior to extending an offer of employment to, or entering into a contract or other arrangements with a covered LTC worker, require that any such individual is (i) fully vaccinated against COVID-19, (ii) has received the first dose and has either received a second dose or has an appointment for the second dose... or (iii) exempt... b. not employ or maintain a contract or other arrangements with a covered LTC worker for the provision of services unless such individual (i) is fully vaccinated... The failure of a long-term care facility to comply with this order shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to twenty-thousand dollars per day.
Enforcement
Up to 20,000 dollars per day (s.5); Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-525 and 19a-534