Formal Opinions

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• 2019-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  On the constitutionality of Senate Bill 1134, captioned An Act Restructuring the State Bond Commission and Establishing a Dedicated Bonding Section within the Legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis

• 2019-04 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  The scope of the State Properties Review Board’s (“Board”) statutory authority to review certain state contracts.

• 2019-05 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Whether records in the possession of the House Minority Leader related to her services on the board of directors of The Partnership for Connecticut, Inc. are subject to the disclosure under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 1-200 et seq

• 2023-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  As a quasi-public agency, when can the Connecticut Port Authority enter into public-private partnerships?

• 2023-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut.

  Are Judicial Branch probation officers bound by the intervention and reporting requirements in 2020’s Police Accountability Act?

• 2023-03 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the abortion medication mifepristone remain legal and accessible in Connecticut?

• William A. Cugno, Lieutenant General, The Adjutant General, Connecticut Military Department, and The Honorable Nancy Wyman, Comptroller, 2005-004 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have each separately requested the opinion of the Attorney General concerning the eligibility of Connecticut state employees to receive retirement credit under Connecticut General Statutes §§ 5-192i(j) and 5-192j(d)1 for periods of full-time National Guard service in the armed forces of the United States. Such service may occur both while an individual is employed by the State of Connecticut, during periods of extended military leave, and, if the service occurred in time of war as defined by Connecticut General Statutes § 27-103, or qualifies as national emergency service, as defined by law, during periods of time which may have preceded an individual's state employment.

• The Honorable Patricia Wilson-Coker, Department of Social Services, 2005-006 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your request for an Attorney General's Opinion on whether the disclosure by the Department of Social Services ("DSS") to the Offices of the Connecticut Attorney General and the Connecticut Child Advocate of information concerning Medicaid medical assistance recipients, to be used in an investigation into the liability of insurance companies for the cost of services paid for by Medicaid, is provided for purposes directly connected with the administration of the Medicaid program, and is fully permitted by federal law.

• Susan F. Cogswell, Insurance Commissioner, Department of Insurance, 2005-010 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked whether the exclusion under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-860(f)(2)(D)(iii) of the Connecticut Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act ("Act") applies to an excess loss health insurance policy issued by Legion Insurance Company ("Legion"), an insurance carrier that is in liquidation, to ProFlow, Inc. ("ProFlow"), a Connecticut corporation, which procured the policy as part of its health benefits plan for its employees.

• Honorable Robert L. Genuario, Secretary, Office of Policy and Management, 2005-031, Formal Opinion, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  In my opinion, there is no legal distinction between a PSA and a POS, even though the Office of Policy and Management (“OPM”) may choose to establish certain administrative procedures treating these types of agreements differently; they are both valid vehicles for entering into binding State contracts.

• Robert S. Rudewicz, Director of Operations, State Marshal Commission, 2005-001 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested our advice regarding the State Marshal Commission's course of action regarding auditing the records of a deceased marshal. You advised us in your letter that the daughter of a deceased marshal inquired of your office as to whether or not she could "continue to collect on wage executions," which collection had apparently been commenced by her deceased father but had not been completed at the time of his death.

• Representative Robert M. Ward, 2005-025, Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested a formal legal opinion concerning the protections afforded to members of the General Assembly by Conn. Gen. Stat. § 2-3a, which prohibits discrimination in the workplace against those who hold the office of state senator or representative.

• Honorable Patricia Wilson-Coker, Commissioner, 2005-026, Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  I write to advise you that you can and should release all information concerning provider rate reimbursement. You have the authority to disclose such provider rate reimbursement information that has been produced to you by Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (“MCOs”). You should reject assertions by the MCOs that the information must be kept confidential under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) and the terms of their contracts with the Department of Social Services (“DSS”).

• Honorable J. Robert Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., 2005-023 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  Your department has requested our opinion as to the authority of a local health department to conduct warrantless inspections and its authority to issue "hold" orders on food items.

• Honorable J. Robert Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., 2005-022 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  Your department has requested advice on whether marriages performed on the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation in Ledyard are valid under state law.