Public Meeting of the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board

October 5, 2009

A meeting of the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board was held on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Office of the Chairman, 21 Oak Street, 4th Floor, Hartford, CT.

Minutes

A regular meeting of the Workers’ Compensation Commission Advisory Board was held on October 5, 2009 in the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s CRB Hearing Room, 21 Oak Street, Hartford, Connecticut.

The meeting convened at 10:20 a.m. with the following Board Members present: William Ridolfi, presiding; Benedict Cozzi, Marvin Morganbesser, and Linda Passanisi. Board members unable to attend were Rocco Calo, Glenn Marshall, and Mary O’Hara. Also present were WCC Chairman John Mastropietro, Commissioner Scott Barton, and Marvin Smernoff.

Commissioner Barton provided an overview of his past four and a half years as a Workers’ Compensation Commissioner and expressed a strong desire to be re-nominated by the Governor.

Chairman Mastropietro provided an update on the status of the agency’s budget, the payor-provider task force, the pain management guidelines, and statistics on hearings and claims across the Commission.

A motion to adjourn was made by Marvin Morganbesser at 11:50 a.m. The motion was seconded by Linda Passanisi. The motion to adjourn was unanimously accepted.

The next meeting will be held on November 2, 2009.