A majority of the claims have been for serious health conditions.

By Christine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie.com 

After a little bit of a rocky start, the Connecticut Paid Leave Authority released data Friday that shows claims decisions are being made on average within eight days. That’s two days better than at the start of the program.

The authority has paid out $157 million in benefits through Sept. 2. That’s almost double what it handed out between January when the program opened and June.

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