HB 6860 — AN ACT EXTENDING CONNECTICUT PREMIUM PAY TO CERTAIN ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

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(LAB)SANCHEZ, ANE. ACT EXTENDING CONNECTICUT PREMIUM PAY TO CERTAIN ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

of the 24th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the House, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT EXTENDING CONNECTICUT PREMIUM PAY TO CERTAIN ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

(1) "Eligible applicant" means any person who (A) (i) worked during the entire period of the public health and civil preparedness emergency declared by the Governor on March 10, 2020, or any extension of such declaration, up until May 7, 2022, and (ii) was in a category recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as of February 20, 2021, to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in phase 1a, [or] 1b or 1c of the COVID-19 vaccination program, (B) is not a federal, state or municipal employee,sHB6860 (C)/ wasFile notNo. employed in a capacity where the employee worked or could have worked from home, and (D) meets the income criteria established in subsection (b) of this section;

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(2) "Administrator" means an employee of the office of the Comptroller, or a third-party administrator;

and (6) "1c applicant" means any person who (A) (i) worked during the entire period of the public health and civil preparedness emergency declared by the Governor on March 10, 2020, or any extension of such declaration, up until May 7, 2022, and (ii) was in a category recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as of February 20, 2021, to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in phase 1c of the COVID-19 program.program, (B) is not a federal, state or municipal employee, (C) was not employed in a capacity where the employee worked or could have worked from home, and (D) meets the income criteria established in subsection (b) of this section.

(C) seven hundredsHB6860 fifty/ dollarsFile toNo. each worker whose individual income was greater than or equal to sixty thousand dollars and less than seventy thousand dollars;

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460 hundred fifty dollars to each worker whose individual income was greater than or equal to sixty thousand dollars and less than seventy thousand dollars;

and (G) one hundred dollars to each worker whose individual income was greater than or equal to one hundred LCOthousand No.dollars and less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

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(NEW) (l) On and after July 1, 2023, a 1c applicant shall be deemed an eligiblesHB6860 applicant/ andFile mayNo. apply for compensation from the Connecticut Premium Pay program by submitting a claim to the administrator, in such form and manner as required by the administrator, not later than December 1, 2023.

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460 eligible applicant and may apply for compensation from the Connecticut Premium Pay program by submitting a claim to the administrator, in such form and manner as required by the administrator, not later than December 1, 2023.

A 1c applicant may submit, as proof of employment, official payroll records or another form of proof, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer stating the 1c applicant's dates of work, or a declaration from an individual with LCOpersonal No.knowledge of the 1c applicant's employment.

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6860 personal knowledge of the 1c applicant's employment.

2 July 1, 2023 31-901(l) StatementLAB ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

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5203In 4general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of 4informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

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OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 25 $ Comptroller GF - Cost 40,000,000 Note:

GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill expands eligibility to approximately 216,000 private sector workers to apply for Connecticut Premium Pay.

This extension is estimated to cost the state $40 million in payment awards and administrative costs .

The estimate is based on the number of essential workers in group 1C to receive the COVID-19 vaccine nationally, and the total CT population (3,600,000).

The eligible applicants will receive the same level of payments as previously established in the program.

The Out Years This is a one-time payment award and will have no impact in the outyears.

Sources:

Office of the State Comptroller 1November Special 2022 Session Public Act No.

22-1 provided payment amounts to be awarded based on income levels.

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