State Rep. Tammy Exum, D-West Hartford, co-chairs the legislature’s Transforming Children’s Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee, said it’s not enough to just pass legislation and emphasized the committee’s ongoing work to keep youth mental health at the forefront of policy discussions in the wake of the pandemic.

By Karla Ciaglo, CTNewsJunkie.com 

Two years after the sudden death of a Middletown legislator, his memory was at the center of a Mental Health and Wellness gathering at the State Capitol Tuesday.

“I came from a grieving community,”said state Rep. Kai Belton, D-Middletown, who won a special election to replace Rep. Quentin “Q” Williams following Williams’ death in a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver in 2023. “There was no better way to begin my legislative work than by creating space for healing, support, and connection. That’s how the wellness fair was born.”

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