Asnuntuck CC Hosts Legislative Hearing Tuesday, March 11 on UConn’s Affordability, Hospital Emergency Room Use, Funding for State Parks and Forests

February 27, 2014

Program Review and investigations committee

Tuesday, march 11, 2014

The Program Review and Investigations Committee will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at Noon in the Auditorium of Asnuntuck Community College, 170 Elm Street, Enfield, CT. Please submit 20 copies of written testimony to Committee staff at the time of sign-up. Sign-up for the hearing will begin at 3:00 P.M. in the Auditorium of Asnuntuck Community College. The first hour of the hearing is reserved for Legislators, Constitutional Officers, State Agency Heads and Chief Elected Municipal Officials. Speakers will be limited to three minutes of testimony. Unofficial sign-up sheets have no standing with the Committee.

SUBJECT MATTER: UConn’s Affordability to Students; Hospital Emergency Use and Its Impact on State Medicaid Budget; State Parks and Forests Funding

H.B. No. 5369 (RAISED) PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS . ‘AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING CERTAIN FISCAL AND RESOURCE-RELATED MATTERS PERTAINING TO STATE PARKS’, to implement the recommendations of the Program Review and Investigations Committee concerning certain fiscal and resource-related matters pertaining to state parks.

H.B. No. 5370 (RAISED) PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS . ‘AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING THE PERFORMANCE OF CONNECTICUT’S STATE PARKS’, to implement the recommendations of the Program Review and Investigations Committee concerning the performance of Connecticut’s state parks.

H.B. No. 5378 (RAISED) PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS . ‘AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING MEDICAID-FUNDED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS’, to implement the recommendations of the Program Review and Investigations Committee concerning averting unnecessary use of hospital emergency departments by Medicaid clients.

H.B. No. 5379 (RAISED) PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS . ‘AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TUITION PLEDGE PROGRAM AND A FINANCIAL AID PLEDGE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT’, to implement the recommendations of the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee concerning a study of the establishment of a tuition guarantee program and a financial aid pledge program at The University of Connecticut.

H.B. No. 5380 (RAISED) PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS . ‘AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING A REPORT ON FINANCIAL AID AWARDS AND TRACKING TRANSFER CREDITS BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT’, to implement the recommendations of the legislative program review and investigations committee concerning reports on financial aid awards and tracking transfer credits.

H.B. No. 5381 (RAISED) PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS . ‘AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF TUITION AND FEE SCHEDULE INCREASES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM TO TRACK GRADUATES’ SUCCESS BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT’, to implement the recommendations of the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee regarding publicizing tuition and fee schedule increases and developing a system to track graduates’ success by The University of Connecticut.