Patricia Rehmer, who quietly resigned her post as commissioner of the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services five days ago, has taken a job with Hartford Healthcare, the five-hospital system announced Friday.
Rehmer’s new title at Hartford Healthcare is senior vice president, but she will become president of the HHC Behavioral Health Network later this year, the company said. She will succeed Stephen Larcen, who is retiring later this year.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy reappointed Rehmer last month to her DMHAS leadership post, which she had held since 2009. But the Connecticut Mirror reported Feb. 15 that she had stepped down to take a new job.
Malloy’s office did not send any announcement about the resignation.
Rehmer and approximately 200 other state appointees, agency heads and staffers received raises on Dec. 26 — for many, the first in four years, according to the Office of Policy Management.
Rehmer received a 12 percent pay bump, from $147,799 to $165,535, according to the Mirror.
Rehmer, who has a master’s degree in nursing, joined DMHAS in 1999 as CEO of the Capitol Regional Mental Health Center. She later served as deputy commissioner from 2004 to 2009.
She previously held a number of positions at the Institute of Living for 17 years, including head nurse and clinical director of operations.
