Connecticut Mandates Vaccination for Employees of Broadly Defined ‘Long-Term Care Facilities’

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Connecticut Mandates Vaccination for Employees of Broadly Defined ‘Long-Term Care Facilities’

Tara K. Burke

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Connecticut is requiring certain healthcare employees be vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. Connecticut joins other states, including Washington and Massachusetts, in mandating vaccination.

Connecticut’s Executive Order, issued on Aug. 6, 2021, requires employees of long-term care facilities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The Executive Order broadly defines “long-term care facility.” Read about this new law here.

***This article originally appeared on the Jackson Lewis’ Disability, Leave & Health Management blog and was reposted on the DMEC website with their permission.***