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DDS asks legislature for technical fixes to mortality-review law and updates to housing loan program

Connecticut Public Health Committee · February 24, 2026

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Summary

Jordan Sheff, commissioner of the Department of Developmental Services, summarized HB 5239, clarifying the department’s mortality/fatality review responsibilities, and HB 5240, which would modernize loan caps and allow rent subsidies to landlords through the DDS revolving loan fund. DDS officials said the loan fund is self-sustaining and intended to help nonprofit providers acquire and renovate group homes.

Jordan Sheff, Commissioner of the Department of Developmental Services, summarized two departmental bills for the committee. On HB 5239, he said the bill removes an outdated executive-order reference, clarifies that the department’s mortality review board is the statutory vehicle for reviews, and eliminates duplicative board requirements.

On HB 5240, Sheff described revisions to DDS’s housing loan…

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