2010 news archive for State Senator Joseph Crisco http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/rss/crisco-news2010.xml http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:23:50 -0500 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:23:50 -0500 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ State Senators Edith G. Prague (D-Columbia) and Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate Chairs of the legislature’s Select Committee on Aging and Insurance and Real Estate Committee, respectively, will convene an informational forum tomorrow to consider the process by which Long Term Care insurance rates are considered. These insurance products are of particular interest to soon-to-be and elderly residents and their families. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101213.php DF449B04-6725-4CA0-9519-CF80A840286A-148-000003F7FF505450-FFA Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:03:36 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and Rep. Themis Klarides (R-Derby) today announced the imminent release of state funding to assist affected Woodbridge homeowners near the West River, where shifting ground, settling, and subsidence has caused property damage. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101208.php 697FBB3D-21A2-48F1-AC3D-5F28815A9331-148-000003EBC27A3924-FFA Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:02:49 -0500 Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven/Hamden) and Senator Joseph Crisco (Woodbridge/Hamden) welcome news that funding for a business incubator program in Hamden has been placed on Bond Commission agenda and is expected to gain approval when it meets December 10th. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101202.php 28573675-0BA7-4B22-B1C4-F4FC98A91E9C-148-0000035E8A3FD9B2-FFA Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:49:09 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and Representative Steve Fontana (D-North Haven), co-chairs of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, have formally questioned whether Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s request for a 20 percent rate increase would yield ‘excessive’ profits for WellPoint, the insurer’s parent corporation. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101119.php BDD1EE1A-F585-4D73-A1DF-12E43599C88C-148-00000352F35BE026-FFA Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:48:05 -0500 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) and Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today reported two state grants to help underwrite fine arts projects in Naugatuck. The lawmakers each represent a portion of that city; the total value of the two grants is $8,055, they said. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101109.php AF09B638-464E-482B-A874-A7623A7648F4-148-0000034A322C4441-FFA Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:47:15 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), co-chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, has been selected by the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians (CCEP) for its 2010 Senate Leadership Award. According to its Web site, CCEP, ‘is focused on improving the practice of emergency medicine through outreach, education, and research initiatives.’ http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101108a.php 114FC111-73F0-4040-879B-2010E8286D5B-148-00000340AC9D2549-FFA Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:46:39 -0500 State Senators Martin Looney (D-New Haven / Hamden), Toni Harp (D-New Haven), and Joseph Crisco (Woodbridge) welcome news that the state Commission of Culture and Tourism has awarded grants to many cultural and educational institutions in New Haven and Hamden. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101108.php 831DD2E6-0007-41EE-AB41-77F5EA58B505-148-000003319EBBD8A2-FFA Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:45:55 -0500 Senator Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) and the Department of Public Health today announced the recipients of state funding for biomedical research projects into tobacco-related illnesses. A total of $2,327,305 was awarded this year by the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) from the Biomedical Research Trust Fund. These funds will support eight research projects conducted by Connecticut universities. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101026.php 83852519-8086-46F7-B3FF-AC3FAB3EEC26-148-000003267CAB7EC6-FFA Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:44:52 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today hosted hundreds of area residents at the 2010 edition of his annual Senior Fair. The event is held each year at Warsaw Park in Ansonia; senior citizens from throughout Senator Crisco’s 17th District are invited to attend and participate. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101021.php C251F19D-B192-46C8-8C3D-DD55408533D0-148-0000031AC64B10B6-FFA Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:44:03 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today announced the release of state funding for acquisition of open space in Hamden. Senator Crsico said the preservation project qualifies through the state’s Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust program, administered by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101018.php 3F7E3333-4C76-4573-8F19-2F489F80CEE0-148-0000031084CA095B-FFA Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:43:11 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, will be honored this evening with a ‘Good Neighbor’ award from Family Services of Greater Waterbury. Tonight’s presentation will take place at the Annual Awards Reception at the Chase Collegiate School in Waterbury. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101014.php 373EC085-F202-44FE-ACC5-CC914F8D0859-148-00000303CA131526-FFA Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:42:26 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) has been selected to receive a 2010 'Autism Champion' award for his successful and ongoing legislative efforts to assist autism patients and their families. The award will be presented Thursday evening at a reception in Farmington by the Connecticut chapter of Autism Speaks, a nationwide autism science and advocacy organization. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101013.php 27677A07-F2F1-4219-8342-4079027C9ACF-148-000002F08881D035-FFA Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:41:30 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco (D-Woodbridge) and state Representative Linda Gentile (D-Ansonia) today held a press conference in Ansonia to introduce state laws that went into effect this week to help prevent domestic violence in Connecticut. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-101006.php 7CC0C324-A3A1-444E-B931-71F93EDC2492-148-000002E5B3A7A67F-FFA Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:40:12 -0400 A new state law that takes effect tomorrow, October 1 will make Connecticut a friendlier place to do business by streamlining the environmental permitting process, cutting red tape and reducing the uncertainty often involved in economic development projects. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100930.php ADCD42BF-F097-4B3F-B743-BFEF40092F93-148-000002D8E56458F3-FFA Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:39:08 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today announced that Naugatuck has qualified for a substantial Small Cities block grant. A total of $500,000 will be made available for the city to improve its storm water runoff and drainage infrastructure, Senator Crisco said. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100913.php 5F433FE5-5134-4817-9F67-6976A9144088-148-000002C3FE4BF889-FFA Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:37:53 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and State Representative Linda Gentile (D-Ansonia) today welcomed news that Ansonia has qualified for a Small Cities Grant. A total of $300,000 will be made available to revitalize housing stock there, the lawmakers said. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100909.php 2E611C1B-FBF1-482E-8B5E-76330340F441-148-000002B85007078B-FFA Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:36:45 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, has received the ‘Exposing the Secret’ award for his successful and ongoing legislative efforts to raise awareness and provide insurance coverage for breast cancer patients. The award was presented by Are You Dense, Inc., for Senator Crisco’s work to cover additional and advanced screening for women with particularly dense breast tissue. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100903.php F9E906DF-C923-455B-8B2F-DE7D71879E60-148-000001BD94EB0551-FFA Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:18:59 -0400 Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney joined Senator Thomas Gaffey (D-Meriden), Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge), local coaches and student-athletes to announce that Public Act 10-62, “An Act Concerning Student Athletes and Concussions”, is in place for the upcoming school year. The new law will affect interscholastic sports and student-athlete safety in two fundamental ways. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100902.php 1B39FA16-3443-4439-9A61-D4716ED09F2B-148-000001A65BB1EFEA-FFA Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:17:50 -0400 On the day that approximately 10,000 vocational-technical high school students headed back to school to start the new year, state Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and Senator Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) reiterated their commitment to Connecticut's vo-tech high school system by highlighting several new laws the legislature passed this session to benefit the students and schools. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100830.php 20ADBCC8-18CB-4FFD-BA36-A0DED8593F7A-148-000000EBEEEF450C-FFA Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:15:54 -0400 State Senator Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) is welcoming the passage of a federal aid package for education that includes millions of dollars for school districts in the 17th Senate District. The funding is designed to help save teachers’ jobs. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100824.php BB74B897-D35D-4FB8-8A06-3EAFDD4FFE3C-148-000000DC56DBE43B-FFA Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:49:10 -0400 State Senators Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) and Joan Hartley (D-Waterbury) are encouraging residents of Naugatuck who are affected by the odor coming from the town’s wastewater treatment plant to attend an information forum on Thursday August 19th at Town Hall. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100818.php D08ADEBD-57EA-4300-87B4-C3BC22837FC1-267-000005C8E18C17DB-FFA Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:11:08 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, has been selected to receive an ‘Exposing the Secret’ award for his successful and ongoing legislative efforts to raise awareness and provide insurance coverage for breast cancer patients. The award will be presented by Are You Dense, Inc., for Senator Crisco’s work to cover additional and advanced screening for women with particularly dense breast tissue. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100812.php 59FDD711-252A-46B8-8534-A4CF2C9CA427-267-000005B556906E20-FFA Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:05:02 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today welcomed news from Governor M. Jodi Rell that state funding has been made available to help remediate a so-called ‘brownfields’ parcel in downtown Naugatuck. Senator Crisco said the Borough will receive a $50,000 state grant to conduct a hazardous materials survey of the train station parcel at 195 Water Street. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100804.php DD18EA3A-82EA-44AA-9709-F98D9DDE172D-267-000005977D36FBC2-FFA Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:02:44 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) finished the 2010 legislative season with a 100 percent voting record and perfect attendance at Senate sessions. In last Friday’s Special Session, in what many expect to be the final votes of the year, Senator Crisco cast five votes, the last of which was the 454th vote in 454 chances. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100802.php 44F5EE73-73C0-4C41-9296-D228E5860770-267-00000586E76DC993-FFA Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:01:31 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) has been selected to receive a 2010 ‘Autism Champion’ award for his successful and ongoing legislative efforts to assist autism patients and their families. The award will be presented by the Connecticut chapter of Autism Speaks, a nationwide autism science and advocacy organization. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100727.php 5E5EF857-73EC-43D5-8CA0-D7D4688FDD12-267-000004B059057914-FFA Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:46:02 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), and state Representative Linda Gentile (D-Ansonia) today announced final approval for significant state funding to help secure property that will become the future home of the (Naugatuck) Valley Regional Fire Training School. The lawmakers said a total of $950,000 is now available to purchase property in Beacon Falls for the project. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100713.php 1679B8C6-39B7-4C17-B813-999B34C2ACFF-267-000004A6DBF4BAE0-FFA Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:45:03 -0400 Governor M. Jodi Rell today praised legislation that requires insurance companies to cover chemotherapy delivered in the form of a pill the same way they cover other forms of chemotherapy. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100713a.php 5182DA57-A3FE-4262-B412-DDC95ED746E9-267-0000049D43BD9C16-FFA Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:44:24 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and state Representative Steve Fontana (D-North Haven), co-chairs of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, today expressed their growing concern about the risk of prolonged indecision regarding insurance coverage for Connecticut’s most vulnerable residents. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100712.php EF2943B4-F140-4830-8501-100928407A5D-267-000004939C51A913-FFA Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:43:42 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today announced the imminent release of significant state funding to help secure property that will become the future home of the (Naugatuck) Valley Regional Fire Training School. Senator Crisco said a total of $950,000 million will be available to purchase property in Beacon Falls for the project. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100709.php 18F8FD6A-DC03-49B4-859B-3BB1447557A4-267-0000048A2A38738D-FFA Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:43:03 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today announced the imminent release of significant state funding meant to help remediate problems in the Newhall neighborhood in Hamden. Senator Crisco said a total of $5 million will be made available to buy, restore, or demolish the most severely compromised buildings in that district. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100709a.php 7517955E-911B-4CCA-9600-3F28877FDCC7-267-0000048114A4FBED-FFA Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:42:22 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today announced the imminent re-release of previously allocated state funding originally intended to help the town of Woodbridge underwrite the cost of a new fire station. Senator Crisco said a $50,000 state grant will be re-issued to help the town renovate the former fire house instead, and convert it for other community uses. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100709b.php D7CB83A8-CB67-4D1F-B80C-49F2574236EF-267-000004765F4B2183-FFA Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:41:40 -0400 Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and Senator Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) welcome news that Governor M. Jodi Rell has placed state funding on the Bond Commission agenda that will help the Town of Hamden and its taxpayers save money on energy costs. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100707.php F6E3121B-B82D-4435-A4BE-7D3D1567B41D-267-000004629558C7FC-FFA Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:40:54 -0400 Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and Senator Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) are announcing that funding for improvements to the branch office of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in Hamden is on the agenda for the State Bond Commission meeting on July 13, 2010. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100706.php 91F00982-AAA3-4153-8FDE-4D9C98CA0663-267-0000044CD4CE9D33-FFA Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:39:04 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), vice-chair of the legislature’s Commerce Committee, today joined Governor M. Jodi Rell in Waterbury for a bill-signing ceremony to underscore the importance of two business-friendly initiatives enacted this year. The General Assembly successfully improved the climate for economic development in the state’s urban centers as well as at the regional level, Senator Crisco said. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100701.php 63174183-51B8-460D-9019-3C0A355AB936-267-0000044027E922B8-FFA Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:37:59 -0400 New state laws approved by the General Assembly that assist victims of domestic violence, crackdown on offenders and increase public awareness of the epidemic take effect this week. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100629.php 09028E03-1B47-4FBE-A18F-492322799B4E-267-000004348B48F393-FFA Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:37:03 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, today decried new information in a report suggesting steep increases for individual health insurance, compared with costs for group coverage or employer-provided plans. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100624.php B54562E3-C8F2-4E89-B2D5-C163498D846B-267-0000042C95BAFA22-FFA Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:36:15 -0400 During the veto session in Hartford today, the state Senate took favorable action on two initiatives that the Banks Committee spearheaded this year, co-chair Senator Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) and vice chair Senator Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) announced today. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100621.php 04FC043E-722B-4847-8113-4D1278AAF1EA-267-00000421B6E1E6F7-FFA Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:35:38 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) worked today with state and federal officials to ensure the safety of workers and nearby residents, and minimal disruption for passersby, after today’s bridge collapse in Naugatuck. Senator Crisco also commended the prompt launch of a federal investigation into the cause of the accident. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100615.php 5AC3ADE9-83D0-4491-A972-628B63F67288-267-00000417DBECB725-FFA Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:34:50 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today welcomed Governor M. Jodi Rell’s signature to formally enact the law he wrote to expand the state’s innovative and highly successful Biomedical Research Fund to include grants for studies into the cause and cure for Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. Senator Crisco said he wrote the law because these two debilitating conditions devastate the afflicted and their families alike and should be the focus of renewed and intensified medical research. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100528.php E0537A09-8D6C-4110-BA1C-CA9F3A4825FC-267-000003FF10B75071-FFA Fri, 28 May 2010 09:33:05 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, today welcomed Governor M. Jodi Rell’s signature enacting the law he wrote to provide insurance coverage for prescribed, orally administered chemotherapy. Senator Crisco said his new law will remedy an existing disparity in coverage between conventional, intravenous chemotherapy and new, prescribed formulations available in pill form. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100527.php 073904BB-8074-41C8-A53D-41BDF6F0B2D5-267-000003EFCB154352-FFA Thu, 27 May 2010 09:32:22 -0400 State Senators Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) and Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) yesterday hosted a forum in Naugatuck specifically to address issues of interest and concern to senior citizens there. The event was held at the Glendale Center; its timing coincides with last Wednesday’s adjournment of this year’s legislative session. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100512.php D8548ECF-55E6-4AB7-BAC8-4BE0C3F8D648-267-000003E2A1BF77C8-FFA Wed, 12 May 2010 09:31:00 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today delivered an all-in-one nutrition kit to Bethany First Selectman Derrylyn Gorski and Rob Spino, Lower House Master of the Bethany Community School. Senator Crisco said the kit, designed to promote the benefits of healthy eating habits to children in kindergarten through second grade, will help raise awareness among students of the connection between good nutrition and good health. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100510.php 1BE9A96F-B958-4E5A-928B-0ACCBBE4B7A3-267-0000036FACC3B0DA-FFA Mon, 10 May 2010 09:22:50 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), voted as part of a unanimous Senate yesterday for a bill to dramatically reduce the state’s overall debt. The legislation cuts previous bond authorizations worth a staggering $480.5 million--nearly 25 percent of the total value of capital improvement projects planned. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100501.php ABE348AD-8C07-47AE-A936-A7DC211149BE-267-0000036230706722-FFA Sat, 01 May 2010 09:21:57 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, today reported final legislative action on a bill to ensure that firefighters, law enforcement officers and volunteer ambulance workers are eligible for workers compensation benefits for certain diseases. Senator Crisco said he welcomed the Senate vote of approval for this bill. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100501a.php 748B21B0-8F03-4B7A-AE2C-963324B38845-267-000003574CD6750F-FFA Sat, 01 May 2010 09:21:05 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven), each of whom represents a portion of Hamden in the General Assembly, today welcomed three championship sports teams from Hamden High School to the state Capitol. About 50 students from the Girl’s Dance Team, the Boy’s Indoor Track Team, and the Boy’s Ice Hockey Team were honored in a Senate Chamber ceremony. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100430.php AD8114CB-9B36-4E25-8CE4-B719EF6D8D48-267-0000034A28B8A388-FFA Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:20:12 -0400 Area legislators, at a recent meeting with State Education Commissioner Mark McQuillan, were pleased to learn that--for the time being--the Amity Regional School District will not have to divert 15 percent in federal special education funds to correct a problem of disproportionate identification of autistic students based on race. According to School Superintendent John Brady, this could have been as much as $100,000 during the next school year. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100429a.php FC6190CA-C9DB-4666-9014-D8BACA8843D4-267-0000033A2DE3A9C5-FFA Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:19:22 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today won unanimous Senate approval for his initiative to expand the state’s innovative and highly successful Biomedical Research Fund to include grants for studies into the cause and cure for Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. Senator Crisco said the debilitating conditions devastate the afflicted and their families alike and should be the focus of renewed and intensified medical research. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100429.php 43D04D1C-572D-452B-A7ED-899AFB380E5E-267-000003303E69DBF0-FFA Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:18:16 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) was part of a unanimous Senate vote yesterday to approve a bill meant to protect exploited children. Senator Crisco voted for SB153—An Act Providing a Safe Harbor for Exploited Children, to ensure those who are victimized are not mistaken by law enforcement officials as criminal suspects. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100428.php CB29FE96-1201-4E84-9CDB-3CB716FC6661-267-000003237AA3B7C4-FFA Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:17:31 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, today won unanimous Senate approval for his initiative to provide insurance coverage for prescribed, orally administered chemotherapy. Senator Crisco said his bill, if it becomes law, would remedy an existing disparity in coverage between conventional, intravenous chemotherapy and new, prescribed formulations available in pill form. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100427.php 576432C3-41BC-49A4-88BE-CCB67F69DDA2-267-00000318033280C1-FFA Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:16:37 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today reported his successful effort last week to preserve state funding in this year’s budget for a program to reimburse towns for volunteer firefighter training and certification. One early plan was to cut the program by $122,544; after Senator Crisco’s intervention the cut was reduced to $52,500. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100422.php C593A018-1282-4552-80E0-6E1919C40CDF-267-0000030D8C493E69-FFA Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:15:48 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today called for a quick resolution of the two-day old nursing home strike against four Connecticut facilities, two of which are in his district. Healthcare workers represented by District 1199 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), whose contract expired 13 months ago, walked out yesterday over alleged unfair labor practices and still-unresolved economic issues. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100416.php 32321957-E4D4-4777-86EA-B76EE7738B67-267-000003026FED9E7D-FFA Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:15:03 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today voted with a majority of his Senate colleagues to dramatically cut state spending and effectively eliminate the projected deficit for the state budget in the current fiscal year. Senator Crisco said today’s Senate vote culminates weeks of bipartisan negotiations. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100414.php CCA6374B-11F6-455D-AC57-053BD07E4905-267-000002F8C87CC989-FFA Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:14:15 -0400 Longtime autism advocates State Senators Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and Jonathan A. Harris (D-West Hartford) kicked-off National Autism Awareness Month in Connecticut today with a display in the State Capitol of 31 pieces of art by people with autism ages 5 to 51. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100406.php C389E75F-3A4D-4022-BE36-FAED63CC75DE-267-000002E8643EEBD8-FFA Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:13:04 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and state Representative Themis Klarides (R-Derby) today met with state Department of Transportation (DOT) traffic engineers in Woodbridge to tour the sight of weekday traffic jams on Route 69 (Litchfield Turnpike) near Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway). Regular, untenable backups at the parkway interchange, designated Exit 59, are not only inconvenient, but create serious public safety risks as well, the lawmakers explained to DOT officials today. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100330.php CDA3862F-7147-48D7-92F0-FC118B7536A8-267-000002DA5A520EEA-FFA Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:12:13 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) has discovered the availability of all-in-one nutrition kits designed to promote the benefits of healthy eating habits to children in kindergarten through second grade. As a result, he plans to distribute them with local government officials to selected primary schools to raise awareness of the connection between good nutrition and good health. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100326.php E548D6FE-A4BD-46E6-83C5-37D617C9D5EA-267-000002CF165F0D44-FFA Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:11:21 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and State Representative Linda M. Gentile (D-Ansonia) took part in a press conference this morning at which the need to streamline the state’s business tax policies was highlighted. A legislative initiative to that end, SB485, was the subject of a Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee public hearing today. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100322.php 6ED3D173-90F4-4B8B-8E5C-B819CAA3B06A-267-000002C4C6190272-FFA Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:10:34 -0400 State Senator Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) says the General Assembly’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee has approved a bill this week which would create greater fairness for patients who are denied coverage from their health insurance provider. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100319.php 06972261-2FB0-4AC0-A528-9C623C35D135-267-000002B849624B11-FFA Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:09:53 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today welcomed the imminent release of state funding for upgrades at two regional vocational/technical (vo-tech) high schools. Senator Crisco has been a persistent critic of unexplained delays in the final approval for this funding, which was originally authorized by the legislature in 2007. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100315.php 618861CC-F062-4EC0-A3AA-34D57C4D4322-267-000002AED46B06EF-FFA Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:08:59 -0400 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), co-chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, today held an Informational Hearing to review the process by which insurance rate increases are considered and approved in Connecticut. In January Senator Crisco was an outspoken critic of large rate increases granted to three major insurance carriers by the state Insurance Department; he pledged at that time to try and revise the process. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100311.php 9AC9B27A-EDDE-4605-8A03-7AFEC87C7171-267-000002A41C39A7E9-FFA Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:08:19 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), co- chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, took testimony at a recent Public Hearing on Senate Bill 259, An Act Concerning Insurance Coverage for Mammograms (SB259). The raised bill would require health insurance coverage for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and other advanced breast cancer screenings if and when a conventional mammogram reveals particularly dense breast tissue or if prior personal or family history suggests an increased risk of breast cancer. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100308.php C18727C9-9C19-4877-B24B-48C944EB74B5-267-00000299AF55C9B4-FFA Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:07:30 -0500 State Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, Senator Joseph Crisco, State Rep. Peter Villano, and Rep. Brendan Sharkey met with seniors at the Miller Senior Center in Hamden on Friday March 5th to detail their efforts to grow jobs, which include a plan offering targeted tax relief to more than 46,000 small ‘mom and pop’ businesses in Connecticut. The lawmakers also discussed new opportunities for seniors to save money on health care and energy costs. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100305.php 86EF48A3-1D69-43C6-A3A8-093BC7BA178A-267-00000288A9F4EB49-FFA Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:06:45 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) has successfully convinced officials at Yale-New Haven Hospital to expand the eligibility requirements for its Minority Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship Program. Senator Crisco said students from both Ansonia and Derby will now be encouraged to apply for the financial award. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100303.php 9F4ED46E-39CA-4EAF-8717-E6259D9DA633-267-0000027F55EFE8F9-FFA Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:05:34 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, will be part of an expert panel this evening to address ongoing efforts to overhaul healthcare in Connecticut. Senator Crisco voted last year to create the Sustinet Plan, a comprehensive framework for reform; tonight’s panel discussion will add substance to that framework. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100222.php 079629CF-1CEE-49F8-BFBB-F034839A5A15-267-000002755D681E71-FFA Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:04:56 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today welcomed the definitive results of a recent study showing a direct correlation between public service investments and economic growth. Senator Crisco said the report details how adequate spending in this sector not only fuels the local economy, but serves as a catalyst for meaningful economic recovery. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100219.php BBF2C911-C62E-44AF-9CFD-2D3869C2F90B-267-000002675B8D5490-FFA Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:04:12 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (Woodbridge) today underscored his commitment to economic justice as it relates to women, and to women raising children more particularly. Senator Crisco made his comments after attending the annual Women’ Day event recently, at which the de facto topic was ‘How this Recession Effects Women.’ http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100217.php 062ED9B8-FF9D-4F28-98A5-85D5F108F49D-267-0000025D258625F3-FFA Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:03:12 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today hailed comprehensive recommendations made by a legislative task force to reduce the incidence of domestic violence in Connecticut. Senator Crisco said he’s been closely following task force proceedings since its inception last fall and endorses many of its suggested policy changes. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100208.php 46ADAC3C-6FF0-4DB9-BA9D-E40C0CCF270F-267-00000248686C2502-FFA Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:02:00 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today announced an imminent state grant to underwrite a ‘conditions assessment’ of the Smith-Curtis House in Derby. The grant was awarded by the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation through its Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Grants program. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100205a.php D9E6B0FA-596C-4B93-B3B8-02CBDEC0B204-267-00000238D7E9227B-FFA Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:00:56 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, is part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers working to promote the potential for umbilical cord blood banking. Senator Crisco was part of this week’s collaborative effort to bring this topic to the attention of the public. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100204.php 4C8C95E7-C940-488E-B987-2982F8DF5AEB-267-0000022CF5A7718B-FFA Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:59:48 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today voted for Emergency Certified legislation to bring Connecticut into compliance with federal law extending so-called COBRA health insurance for those who lose employer-sponsored coverage. Federal law makes available stimulus funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and provides a 65 percent subsidy to assistance-eligible residents. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100203.php E890B916-0119-47C5-8749-AD2ACDC3DD87-267-0000021AC73B3609-FFA Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:58:55 -0500 Senate Democrats held a news conference at a drycleaners in West Hartford on Monday--two days before the 2010 legislative session begins--to announce a new plan to help small businesses protect and grow jobs. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100201.php 80D770BF-FB00-4B98-81D2-62AC519B4B24-267-0000020DB6AB9118-FFA Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:57:43 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and State Representative Linda Gentile (D-Ansonia) today made the case for overdue state funding to underwrite the purchase of property for a new Naugatuck Valley regional fire training school. A total of $950,000 has previously been authorized for the project but the allocation of those authorized funds has not been finalized. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100126.php 97CCA4AF-EF92-48B5-AD21-EE292B0396E1-267-000002012FE6C58D-FFA Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:56:49 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today joined a legislative working group intent on preserving the state’s Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) training program offered through regional vocational/technical high schools. Governor Rell has unilaterally and autonomously terminated the program despite protests from education, healthcare, and economic development advocates. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100122.php D4D84B05-1EAE-43E5-BB97-DDFC89A91B65-267-000001E6CC0FD89A-FFA Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:55:43 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), the Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, today met with medical professionals and other advocates for healthcare providers in his ongoing effort to find middle ground between them and those of Managed Care Organizations and insurance companies. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100120.php FF18126B-8A1E-4B68-9C4C-F1FF5735BD6C-267-000001D3084F00C0-FFA Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:53:15 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) pressed state Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Joseph F. Marie to prioritize a resolution to the weekday traffic jams on Route 69 (Litchfield Turnpike) near Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway). Senator Crisco recently met personally with Commissioner Marie at DOT headquarters to underscore the urgent need to address a frustrating local issue that delays commuters and commercial traffic. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100112.php C9EBA913-2256-4FBF-9BA0-52BA02B4D752-267-000001C28E3159F3-FFA Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:52:34 -0500 State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and Bethany First Selectwoman Derrylyn Gorski said today there was some progress made toward resolution of an ongoing difference of opinion with the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) about responsibility for resident state troopers’ overtime pay and scheduling. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/crisco-100108.php E43093B0-A984-4FD0-9D98-ECD0CEA42736-267-000001B5464E9D55-FFA Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:51:25 -0500