The federal government and the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain have reached a settlement agreement over allegations that that the hospital refused to accommodate a child in its summer camp program in 2013 because the child had diabetes and required the use of an insulin pump.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut, a complaint was filed by a Hospital for Special Care employee who was required to use unpaid time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act in order to care for her child because the child was not allowed to attend the hospital’s Vacation Ventures Kids Camp summer camp program.

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