CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER IS REIMBURSED MORE THAN
$2.1 MILLION FOR COVID-19 TESTING
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210603/connecticut-office-state-comptroller-reimbursed-more-2-1-million-covid-19]


Release Date: 
juin 3, 2021 

REGION 1 – FEMA announced a $2,152,253 grant to the Connecticut
Office of the State Comptroller for COVID-19 testing. The action was
one of many the state took in its emergency response to coronavirus
last year.

The Office of the State Comptroller’s Healthcare Policy & Benefit
Services Division administers benefits programs for all state
employees, retirees and their families. Its medical, dental and
pharmacy programs cover more than 200,000 people. Employees and other
groups were tested for COVID-19, and the state agency paid those
costs.

This grant is funded through FEMA’s Public Assistance Program, which
reimburses eligible applicants for actions taken in the immediate
response to and during recovery from a major disaster. Eligible
applicants include states, commonwealths, localities, certain types of
private non-profit organizations, federally recognized Tribes and
territories. Additional information about the program is
at https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit.

FEMA is providing a 100% federal cost share of eligible expenses for
this Public Assistance project. It is for eligible expenses submitted
from April 15 through June 23.

“Timely, accurate testing early on was critical to ensuring
individuals across our nation received the medical care necessary to
treat this virus, while helping to stop its spread to others,”
said Acting Region 1 Administrator and Federal Coordinating Officer
Paul Ford, who oversees FEMA’s operations in New England. “Ramping
up COVID-19 testing was a key goal for FEMA and the State of
Connecticut, and we owe the Office of the State Comptroller a huge
debt of gratitude for its efforts.”

As of June 2, FEMA obligated $511.2 million related to the COVID-19
pandemic in Connecticut.

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_FEMA’s mission is helping people before, during, and after
disasters_