Juan R. Candelaria

Access Health CT's (AHCT) Open Enrollment Period for 2024 opens this Wednesday, November 1. During this period, individuals can enroll for the first time, renew their coverage, and explore the various policy options to see which will be the most beneficial.

Connecticut-based Dalio Education recently released a report it commissioned that focused on "disconnected and at-risk youth" and found more than 63,000 young adults were disconnected, and 56,000 students were at risk between 2021 and 2022, according to the compiled data.

A reminder to please join me and other legislators tomorrow, October 11 from 12-1:30pm at Legislative Office Building Room 1D to help raise awareness within our Hispanic community about CT's Paid Family and Medical Leave Program as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Update! The ArrayRx program is now OPEN.

I highly encourage you to take advantage of this free program that can save Connecticut residents up to 80% off certain prescriptions at nearly all pharmacies in the state. There's no cost, age restriction or income restriction to join. To sign up, please click here.

Please join me and other legislators on Wednesday, October 11 from 12-1:30pm at Legislative Office Building Room 1D to help raise awareness within our Hispanic community about CT's Paid Family and Medical Leave Program as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Last week, Connecticut transferred more than $1.3 billion to pay down its long-term pension debt.

Since the legislature enacted the state’s “fiscal guardrails” in 2017, more than $7 billion in excess contributions captured from volatile revenue sources have been made to pay down pension debt, resulting in far-reaching savings for Connecticut taxpayers.

Connecticut was lost in the forest at the end of the presidential primary season. During Tuesday’s Special Session, we took this bipartisan proposal and moved the state's presidential primary up by four weeks. This means the presidential primary will occur on the first Tuesday in April.

A number of new laws that are effective on October 1st were passed during the 2023 legislative session that address several issue areas to improve our great state.