February 3, 2010 REPS. RYAN & RITTER NAMED TO COMMISSION TASKED
WITH FINDING MUNICIPAL COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES
State Representative Kevin Ryan (D-Montville), the House Chair of the state legislature’s Labor Committee, and State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford), the House Chair of the legislature’s Public Health Committee, were appointed to serve as members the Commission on Municipal Opportunities and Regional Efficiencies (MORE). READ MORE
February 3, 2009 FREE CLINIC HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
While visiting today’s free health clinic for Connecticut residents lacking health, State Representatives Steve Fontana (D-North Haven) and Betsy Ritter (D-Montville/Waterford) called on Congress to pass comprehensive health care reform legislation as soon as possible. READ MORE
January 22, 2010 REP. RITTER: TAKE TOXINS OUT OF CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford & Montville) joined with medical experts and legislators today to call for the phasing out of toxic chemicals from children’s products. READ MORE
January 14, 2010 REP. RITTER NAMED TO COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR REGIONALISM, MUNICIPAL COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford) has been named by House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) and House Majority Leader Denise Merrill (D-Mansfield) to a new a commission that will seek to identify opportunities for more regional collaborations designed to create efficiencies and save money for municipalities. The Blue Ribbon Commission on Municipal Opportunities and Regional Efficiencies (MORE) will begin its work next Tuesday, January 19th with the goal of recommending legislation during the 2010 session. READ MORE
January 8, 2010 RITTER CALLS ON GOV. TO RELEASE ROAD FUNDS FOR AREA TOWNS
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford and Montville) called on Governor Rell to release millions in state aid that would fund paving projects and road repairs across the state and in Waterford and Montville. READ MORE
October 14, 2009 REP. RITTER PARTICIPATES IN HEALTHCARE
LOBBY DAY
IN DC
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Montville & Waterford) joins with the State Legislators for Healthcare Reform working group for a two day State Leaders Lobby Day in Washington, DC. today. READ MORE
June 29, 2009 REP. RITTER & HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
URGE GOV. RELL TO SIGN HEALTHCARE BILLS
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Montville/Waterford) and a number of area legislators joined doctors, nurses, non-profit community providers, and small business owners this morning and called on Governor Rell to sign two pieces of landmark healthcare legislation, the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership (House Bill 6582) and SustiNet (House Bill 6600). READ MORE
June 23, 2009 New London CT WORKS
CT WORKS, Shaw’s Cove Six, New London
Representative Elizabeth Ritter asks Governor M. Jodi Rell to reconsider her proposed elimination of the program.
May 28, 2009 Capitol Viewpoint - Healthcare
Rep. Bob Godfrey leads a discussion on the state of Healthcare in Connecticut and some of the solutions the Connecticut General Assembly has been working on to address the high costs and availibility of quality health insurance.
Joining Rep. Godfrey are Reps. Steve Fontana (Chair of the Insurance & Real Estate Committee) and Betsy Ritter (Chair of the Public Health Committee).
June 2, 2009 REP. RITTER SUPPORTS NUTRITION
INFORMATION ON MENUS Legislation Passes House and Senate
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford & Montville) led House debate on Senate Bill 1080, An Act Concerning Access to Health and Nutritional Information in Restaurants, requiring chain restaurants to post the total calorie count for items on the menu. The legislation passed the House 89 to 60 late Monday night. READ MORE
May 27, 2009 REP. RITTER JOINS EPILEPSY FOUNDATION’S
CALL FOR PASSAGE OF EPILEPSY BILL
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford & Montville), House Chair of the Public Health Committee joined a bi-partisan coalition and the Epilepsy Foundation at a press conference today to support passage of Senate Bill 757, An Act Concerning the Filing of Prescriptions for Antiepileptic Drugs, known as the Epilepsy Patient Protection Bill. READ MORE
May 26, 2009 RITTER HONORED BY HEART ASSOCIATION
State Representative Betsy Ritter, who represents Waterford and Montville in the General Assembly, received the American Heart Association’s Legislator of the Year Award during a ceremony Wednesday at the State Capitol for her work to increase the use and availability of Automatic External Defibrillators (AED). READ MORE
May 21, 2009 REP. RITTER TOUTS SWEEPING HEALTHCARE REFORM The Connecticut Healthcare Partnership
& SustiNet Legislation Pass House State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford & Montville) joined with a majority of Connecticut House of Representative members to pass a landmark healthcare legislation package: The Connecticut Healthcare Partnership (HB 6582) and SustiNet (HB 6600) plans. The package will provide new options for municipalities and other eligible groups to significantly reduce their healthcare costs. READ MORE
May 7, 2009 REP. RITTER APPLAUDS CASINO SMOKING AGREEMENT
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford & Montville), House chair of the Public Health Committee, applauded the agreement reached with Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods over smoking inside the two casinos. READ MORE
May 7, 2009 REP. RITTER APPOINTED TO NATIONAL COMMITTEE POST
BY HOUSE SPEAKER DONOVAN
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford & Montville) has been appointed by House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) to serve on the Council of State Government’s (CSG) Eastern Regional Conference's Health Committee and National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Health Committee for 2009 and 2010. READ MORE
April 30, 2009 REP. RITTER SUPPORTS LYME DISEASE LEGISLATION
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford and Montville) joined with a bipartisan coalition of legislators to overwhelmingly pass a bill out of the House of Representatives to allow physicians to dispense long-term antibiotic treatments for Lyme disease sufferers. READ MORE
April 15, 2009 REP. RITTER JOINS OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS
TO PROMOTE NEW CANCER-FIGHTING MEDS
State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford and Montville), co-chair of the Public Health Committee, joined with Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden, the We Work for Health Connecticut coalition and healthcare providers to announce new medicines in development in Connecticut to cancer. READ MORE
April 7, 2009 MONTVILLE AREA LEGISLATORS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
WORK TO REDUCE HEALTH CARE COSTS
State Representatives Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford and Montville), Tom Reynolds (D-Ledyard and Montville), Kevin Ryan (D-Bozrah, Franklin, Lebanon and Montville) and State Senator Edith G. Prague (D-Columbia), participated in a roundtable discussion at the Montville Town Hall on Tuesday with Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and area small business owners to discuss business-friendly health care policies that will help local companies thrive. READ MORE
