Public-health panel continues hearing to May 20 so expert can review record
February 19, 2026 | Department of Public Health, Departments and Agencies, Organizations, Executive, Connecticut
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A Department of Public Health panel on an administrative hearing announced a continuance to May 20 so an expert witness can review the record before participating in discussion or voting.
The panel’s chair said the panel would reconvene on May 20 and urged participants to join the board’s earlier meeting that day so the hearing could begin promptly. “We are gonna continue this hearing. It is going to be May 20,” the chair said, adding staff would provide the relevant video or transcript segment for review beforehand.
The move followed concerns that Dr. Payne, an expert whose participation was relevant to qualifying testimony, had missed part of the proceeding and should be given an opportunity to review the testimony. An unidentified panel member recommended a short recess so Dr. Payne could review about 30 minutes of testimony and then participate in the panel’s deliberations and vote.
Counsel and staff explored options for making the record available. Miss Karpuska said recordings initially download to a shared drive and that IT typically provides a link; she offered to try to share a Microsoft Teams transcript or recording quickly. “I’m not very tech savvy, but I know that it initially downloads to a shared drive,” Miss Karpuska said. Brett, a staff member, confirmed he would send the transcript to all parties.
Attorneys raised cautions about using the Teams-generated transcript as the official record. “I’ve never, actually seen a Microsoft Teams transcript, so I don’t know how accurate it is,” Attorney Solano said; the panel agreed that if the Teams transcript were used it should be submitted as a board exhibit but that the official transcript of record would remain the court reporter’s version.
Brett estimated the official transcript could be produced in about two weeks but said it might take two to three weeks. The chair and counsel discussed scheduling constraints, start times and a firm cutoff time for the hearing day; participants referenced beginning the hearing after the board’s regular meeting on May 20 to accommodate witnesses and panel members.
The panel did not take a formal dispositive vote on the underlying qualification issue at this session. Instead, the group set the continuation date, confirmed witnesses’ availability and directed staff to provide the relevant segment of the record to parties before the May 20 session. The chair closed the meeting after confirming logistics and thanking participants.
The panel’s next scheduled session on this matter is May 20; staff said they will distribute the available transcript or video of the identified testimony segment and the official transcript once it is produced.
The panel’s chair said the panel would reconvene on May 20 and urged participants to join the board’s earlier meeting that day so the hearing could begin promptly. “We are gonna continue this hearing. It is going to be May 20,” the chair said, adding staff would provide the relevant video or transcript segment for review beforehand.
The move followed concerns that Dr. Payne, an expert whose participation was relevant to qualifying testimony, had missed part of the proceeding and should be given an opportunity to review the testimony. An unidentified panel member recommended a short recess so Dr. Payne could review about 30 minutes of testimony and then participate in the panel’s deliberations and vote.
Counsel and staff explored options for making the record available. Miss Karpuska said recordings initially download to a shared drive and that IT typically provides a link; she offered to try to share a Microsoft Teams transcript or recording quickly. “I’m not very tech savvy, but I know that it initially downloads to a shared drive,” Miss Karpuska said. Brett, a staff member, confirmed he would send the transcript to all parties.
Attorneys raised cautions about using the Teams-generated transcript as the official record. “I’ve never, actually seen a Microsoft Teams transcript, so I don’t know how accurate it is,” Attorney Solano said; the panel agreed that if the Teams transcript were used it should be submitted as a board exhibit but that the official transcript of record would remain the court reporter’s version.
Brett estimated the official transcript could be produced in about two weeks but said it might take two to three weeks. The chair and counsel discussed scheduling constraints, start times and a firm cutoff time for the hearing day; participants referenced beginning the hearing after the board’s regular meeting on May 20 to accommodate witnesses and panel members.
The panel did not take a formal dispositive vote on the underlying qualification issue at this session. Instead, the group set the continuation date, confirmed witnesses’ availability and directed staff to provide the relevant segment of the record to parties before the May 20 session. The chair closed the meeting after confirming logistics and thanking participants.
The panel’s next scheduled session on this matter is May 20; staff said they will distribute the available transcript or video of the identified testimony segment and the official transcript once it is produced.
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