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Birth‑to‑3 providers urge full, immediate funding and object to proposed tiered credentialing
Summary
Connecticut Birth‑to‑3 providers told the Appropriations Committee that the governor’s proposed tiered rate model and a cut to the general administrative ‘gap’ payment would harm services and urged immediate funding for FY26 and a flat professional/nonprofessional rate structure.
Representatives of multiple Birth‑to‑3 programs and early‑intervention providers told the Appropriations Committee that current staffing shortages and a lack of rate increases have left the system fragile and unable to meet demand.
Speakers said the program has not had a rate adjustment in several years while referrals and clinical demand increased; they asked the committee to implement the rate increases recommended in the state’s rate study…
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