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Connecticut Joint Human Services Committee
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committee members
Saud Anwar (D)
Larry Butler (D)
Ranking Republican Member
Jay Case (R)
Vice Chair
Robin Comey (D)
Lucy Dathan (D)
Mike Demicco (D)
Mary Fortier (D)
Herron Gaston (D)
Co-Chair
Jillian Gilchrest (D)
Ranking Republican Member
Stephen Harding (R)
Anne Hughes (D)
Susan Johnson (D)
Sarah Keitt (D)
Co-Chair
Matt Lesser (D)
Vice Chair
Ceci Maher (D)
Gale Mastrofrancesco (R)
Steve Meskers (D)
Bill Pizzuto (R)
Hilda Santiago (D)
Tony Scott (R)
Kaitlyn Shake (D)
Chris Stewart (R)
Kurt Vail (R)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB05037 | An Act Concerning The Establishment Of The Connecticut Connect 700 Program To Expand State Government Employment Opportunities For Persons With Disabilities. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| HB05038 | An Act Expanding A Medical Weight Loss Program For State Employees To Husky Health Plan Members. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| HB05086 | An Act Concerning Compensating Spouses For State-funded Home Care. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB05325 | An Act Concerning Diverting A Portion Of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefits For Drug Counseling For Beneficiaries Convicted Of Committing A Drug-related Felony. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB05326 | An Act Concerning Indexing Medicaid Payment Rates To The Rate Of Inflation. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB05362 | An Act Concerning Benchmarking Medicaid Payment Rates To Eighty Per Cent Of Corresponding Medicare Rates And Adding Work And Time Limit Requirements For The Husky D Health Program. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB05363 | An Act Concerning A Study Of The Costs And Benefits Of Expanding State-funded Assisted Living Services. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB05364 | An Act Concerning Implementing The Recommendations Of A Wheelchair Repair Advisory Board. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB05430 | An Act Expanding Husky Health Coverage To Income-eligible Children And Young Adults Regardless Of Immigration Status. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB05431 | An Act Requiring Able-bodied Recipients Of Public Assistance To Work Or Volunteer. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB05432 | An Act Requiring Able-bodied Medicaid Recipients To Work Or Volunteer. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB05471 | An Act Increasing Access To The Husky Health Program To Immigrants Without Legal Status Up To Age Twenty-six And Over Age Sixty-five. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB05577 | An Act Concerning Husky Health Plan Benefits For Dependents Of Active-duty Military Personnel. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB05578 | An Act Concerning The Establishment Of A State Interpreting Standards Board. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB05579 | An Act Concerning The Establishment Of A Hispanic And Communities Of Color Nonprofit Growth And Stabilization Fund. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB05580 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage For Diabetes Prevention, Education, Self-management And Medical Nutrition Therapy Programs And Establishing An Advisory Council. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB05581 | An Act Concerning Increasing Medicaid Payment Rates For Dental Care. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB05607 | An Act Establishing A Task Force To Study Eliminating The Subminimum Wage For Persons With Disabilities. | Dead | 04/08/2025 |
| HB05724 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage For Allergy Prevention. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB05730 | An Act Concerning Staggered Terms For Members Of The Two-generational Advisory Board. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/21/2025 |
| HB05756 | An Act Concerning At-risk Youth Services In Manchester. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB05757 | An Act Requiring The Department Of Social Services To Show Cause For Terminating Provider Agreements. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB05791 | An Act Extending The Temporary Family Assistance Time Limits And Increasing Benefits. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB06080 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage Of Noninvasive, Custom Breast Prostheses For Mastectomy Patients. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06081 | An Act Expanding Preventive Oral Health Services For Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06082 | An Act Concerning Childrens' Oral Health. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06083 | An Act Concerning Equity In Medicaid Eligibility. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06084 | An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of A Report On Employment Assistance Programs For Individuals With Disabilities. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06085 | An Act Establishing A Commission To Study A Husky For All Single Payer, Universal Health Care Program. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06086 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage For Peer Support Services For Mental Illness And Substance Use Disorder Treatment. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06087 | An Act Concerning Recognizing Hearing Impairment As A Disability. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06088 | An Act Requiring Health Care Providers Who Receive Any State Funding To Accept Cash Payment For Services. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06089 | An Act Reducing Barriers To Food Security. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06090 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage For Pan-ethnic Screening For Patients Who Are Pregnant Or Planning A Pregnancy. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06091 | An Act Concerning An Equitable Medicaid Audit, Billing And Reimbursement Policy For Pharmacies. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06092 | An Act Concerning Husky Health Program Payment Parity For Safety Net Husky Dental Providers. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06093 | An Act Concerning A Study Of "safety Net" Husky Dental Providers. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06094 | An Act Concerning State-funded Respite Care For Parents Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06095 | An Act Concerning Husky Health Program Coverage For Children With Long Covid-19 Or Post-covid-19 Expenses Not Covered By Private Insurance. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06096 | An Act Concerning Equitable Compensation For State-contracted, Nonprofit Human Services Providers. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06097 | An Act Concerning Prescription Drug Discount Transparency. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06098 | An Act Restoring 2016 Medicaid Payment Rates For Medication Administration. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06099 | An Act Establishing A Pilot Program To Mitigate The Benefits Cliff. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06100 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Rates For Custom Orthotics And Prosthetic Devices. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06101 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage Of Food As Medicine And Expanding Access To The Connecticut Farmers' Market/women, Infants And Children Nutrition Program. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06102 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage For Licensed International Board Certified Lactation Consultants. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06103 | An Act Concerning Husky Health Program Payment Parity For Safety Net Husky Dental Providers. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06104 | An Act Requiring Able-bodied Medicaid Recipients To Work Or Volunteer. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06105 | An Act Concerning An Independent Bureau Of Services For Persons Who Are Deaf, Deafblind Or Hard Of Hearing. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06106 | An Act Requiring Periodic Testing Of Able-bodied Beneficiaries Of Public Assistance For Illicit Drug Use. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06107 | An Act Concerning Improving Coordination And Cooperation Between Food Pantries And Homeless Shelters To Improve Access To Food And Resources. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06108 | An Act Requiring State-funded Family Planning Services Providers To File A Legislative Report On Services Provided And Any Reports Of Sexual Abuse. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB06332 | An Act Concerning Increasing The State Portion Of Payments Made To Critical Care Providers Under The Medical Assistance Program. | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| HB06333 | An Act Concerning Family Home-care Services. | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| HB06397 | An Act Concerning The Recommendations Of The Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy And Planning Committee. | Dead | 02/11/2025 |
| HB06809 | An Act Concerning Parenting Education Classes. | Dead | 01/29/2025 |
| HB06810 | An Act Requiring Transparency From Health Care Entities That Receive Prescription Drug Discounts. | Dead | 01/29/2025 |
| HB06811 | An Act Concerning A Pilot Program To Mitigate The Benefits Cliff. | Dead | 01/29/2025 |
| HB06932 | An Act Concerning The Establishment Of A State Interpreting Standards Board. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| HB06933 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Billing For Suicide Risk Assessments At School-based Health Centers. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| HB06934 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage For Licensed International Board Certified Lactation Consultants. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| HB06935 | An Act Concerning Children's Hospital Medicaid Rate Parity. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| HB06936 | An Act Concerning Funding For Inpatient Addiction Treatment Providers That Covers Room And Board Costs For Medicaid Enrollees. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| HB06937 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage For Medically Necessary Children's Diapers. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| HB07021 | An Act Concerning Funding For Nutrition Assistance. | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| HB07022 | An Act Promoting Equity In Medicaid Coverage For Fertility Health Care. | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| HB07023 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Reimbursement For Substance Abuse Coaches And Mental Health Counselors Under A Peer Support Treatment Model. | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| HB07024 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage For Allergy Prevention. | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| HB07025 | An Act Concerning Updating The Staffing Methodology For Teachers Of Visually Impaired Children. | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| HB07026 | An Act Concerning Exceptions To The Nursing Home Bed Moratorium. | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| HB07101 | An Act Establishing A Commission To Study A Husky For All Single-payer Universal Health Care Program. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| HB07102 | An Act Concerning Maternal And Infant Health Care. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| HB07103 | An Act Concerning The Katie Beckett Working Group Recommendations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| HB07104 | An Act Disregarding Income From Pilot Cash Assistance And Job Training Programs From Temporary Family Assistance Eligibility Determinations. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| HB07105 | An Act Concerning Forensic Audits Conducted By The Department Of Social Services. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| HB07106 | An Act Concerning Wheelchair Repair Requirements. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| HB07107 | An Act Concerning A Task Force To Study Expanding Governmental Employment Opportunities For Persons With Disabilities, Updates To Able Account Statutes And Oversight Of Driving Programs For Persons With Disabilities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| HB07108 | An Act Concerning Autism And Intellectual Disability Services And Abuse And Neglect Investigations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| HB07109 | An Act Concerning Implementing Certain Recommendations Of The Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy And Planning Committee And Abuse Investigations Involving Behavioral Analysts. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| HB07187 | An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of A Report On Employment Assistance Programs For Individuals With Disabilities. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| HB07188 | An Act Concerning Homelessness And The Chess Program. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| HB07189 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Cost Savings. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| HB07190 | An Act Concerning A Study Of The Needs Of Senior Citizens. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| HB07191 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Rate Increases, Planning And Sustainability. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| HB07192 | An Act Implementing Recommendations Of The Bipartisan Drug Task Force. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| SB00011 | An Act Concerning Prescription Drug Access And Affordability. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00161 | An Act Concerning A Study Of The Feasibility Of Establishing An Adult Protective Services Intake Unit Within The Department Of Aging And Disability Services. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00162 | An Act Concerning Equitable Payment Rates For Durable Medical Equipment, Supplies And Complex Rehabilitation Technology. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00163 | An Act Concerning The Expansion Of Aging In Place Programs. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00164 | An Act Establishing A Task Force To Study Expanding Services Provided By The 2-1-1 Infoline Program Operated By The United Way Of Connecticut. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00165 | An Act Limiting State Benefits To Legal Residents. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00166 | An Act Concerning The Prevention Of Fraud And Abuse By Persons Claiming To Have Service Animals. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00167 | An Act Authorizing A Medicaid Waiver To Require Certain Adult Medicaid Recipients To Work. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00168 | An Act Requiring Audits For Potential Public Assistance Fraud. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00169 | An Act Concerning A Fully Staffed State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit In Accordance With The Affordable Care Act. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00170 | An Act Requiring Able-bodied Recipients Of Public Assistance To Work Or Volunteer. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00171 | An Act Increasing Medicaid Payment Rates For Radiological Services. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00172 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Reimbursement For Substance Abuse Recovery Coaches. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00173 | An Act Increasing Medicaid Rates To The Corresponding Rates Of Medicare Reimbursement. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00174 | An Act Increasing Medicaid Rates For Community Hospitals In Rural Areas. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00175 | An Act Requiring Legislative Confirmation Of The Appointment Of The Department Of Social Service's Medicaid Director. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB00336 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage Of Medical Alert Systems For Elderly Medicaid Recipients. | Dead | 01/09/2025 |
| SB00389 | An Act Prohibiting Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Taxpayer-funded Benefits. | Dead | 01/09/2025 |
| SB00390 | An Act Concerning Medicaid And Medicare Rate Reimbursement Parity. | Dead | 01/09/2025 |
| SB00439 | An Act Requiring Medicaid Coverage For Bone Marrow And Stem Cell Transplants And Fda-approved Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Disease. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| SB00440 | An Act Requiring Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Not To Fall Below Ninety Per Cent Of Medicare Reimbursement Rates. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| SB00674 | An Act Concerning Requiring Proof Of Citizenship Or Lawful Residency To Receive Taxpayer-funded Benefits. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| SB00675 | An Act Requiring The Commissioner Of Social Services To Meet Quarterly With Providers, Including Durable Medical Equipment Providers, To Discuss Medicaid Reimbursement Rates. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| SB00800 | An Act Increasing Asset Limits For Husky C Eligibility. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB00801 | An Act Concerning The Expansion Of The Katie Beckett Waiver Program. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB00802 | An Act Concerning A Compassionate Medicaid Waiver Program For Children With Rare, Progressive Or Neurodegenerative Disorders. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB00803 | An Act Expanding Access To Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment By Reducing Regulatory Burdens On Providers. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB00804 | An Act Expanding Long-term Care Options For Medicaid Beneficiaries. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB00805 | An Act Requiring Nursing Homes To Spend Not Less Than Eighty Per Cent Of Revenues On Direct Patient Care. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB00806 | An Act Expanding Medicaid Coverage For Treatment Of Certain Emergency Medical Conditions. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB00807 | An Act Concerning The Elimination Of Asset Limits For Husky C Beneficiaries Over A Five-year Period. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| SB00981 | An Act Expanding Medicaid Eligibility For Older Persons And Persons With Disabilities. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB00982 | An Act Eliminating The Requirement That Medicaid And Husky B Cover Weight Loss Drugs And Bariatric Surgery. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB00983 | An Act Concerning The Ratio Of Social Services, Mental Health And Substance Abuse Services Provided By The State And Private Nonprofit Providers. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB00984 | An Act Concerning Payment Parity For Dental Services Funded Under The Husky Health Program. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB00985 | An Act Concerning Legislative Approval For Changes To The Husky Health Program Reimbursement And Care Delivery Model. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB00986 | An Act Concerning Expanding Access To State-funded Assisted Living Services. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB01121 | An Act Concerning The Enforcement Of The Rights Of Residents Of Continuing-care Retirement Facilities. | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| SB01122 | An Act Requiring Annual Performance Audits Of Medicaid-funded Programs By The Auditors Of Public Accounts. | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| SB01123 | An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The Commission On Enhancing Agency Outcomes Concerning The Department Of Social Services. | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| SB01158 | An Act Concerning The Establishment Of A Department On Aging. | Dead | 01/24/2025 |
| SB01164 | An Act Concerning The Establishment Of The Connecticut Connect 700 Program To Expand State Government Employment Opportunities For Individuals With Disabilities. | Dead | 01/27/2025 |
| SB01251 | An Act Implementing The Governor's Recommendations Concerning A Driver Training Program For Persons With Disabilities, Legislative Oversight Of Medicaid State Plan Amendments And Penalties For Violating Timely Wheelchair Repair Standards. | Dead | 02/06/2025 |
| SB01298 | An Act Concerning Nonemergency Medical Transportation Standards. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| SB01299 | An Act Concerning Medicaid-covered Dental Care. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| SB01300 | An Act Concerning Compensating Spouses For State-funded Home Care. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| SB01301 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Rates For Community Hospitals In Rural Areas. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| SB01358 | An Act Concerning Inflationary Rate Increases For State-contracted Nonprofit Human Services Providers. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/20/2025 |
| SB01359 | An Act Concerning Various Revisions To Statutes Concerning The Department Of Social Services. | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| SB01360 | An Act Requiring Legislative Confirmation Of The Appointment Of The Department Of Social Services' Medicaid Director. | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| SB01415 | An Act Concerning Minimum Wages For Nursing Home Workers Providing Direct Care And Certain Group Home Workers. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| SB01416 | An Act Concerning The Expansion Of Long-term Care Options For Medicaid Beneficiaries. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| SB01417 | An Act Concerning The Establishment Of A Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| SB01418 | An Act Reducing Barriers To Food Security. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| SB01419 | An Act Prohibiting Medicaid Reimbursement For Health Care Providers Who Include Training Repayment Agreement Provisions In Contracts With Employees. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| SB01420 | An Act Concerning The Connecticut Partnership For Long-term Care. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| SB01421 | An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage For Obesity Treatment. | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| SB01469 | An Act Concerning Medical Debt. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01470 | An Act Concerning Twice Annual Reporting By The Department Of Social Services On Medicaid Reimbursement For Community Health Worker Services. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01471 | An Act Concerning A Pilot Program To Provide A Community-based Memory Care Program. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01472 | An Act Concerning A Task Force To Develop A Strategic Plan For Optimal Use Of The Department Of Developmental Disabilities' Regional Centers. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01473 | An Act Requiring Medicaid Coverage For Fda-approved Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Disease. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01474 | An Act Concerning The Department Of Social Services. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01475 | An Act Concerning Food Deserts And The Snap Program. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01476 | An Act Concerning The Able Act. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01477 | An Act Concerning A Covered Connecticut Trust Fund. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01478 | An Act Establishing An Interagency Task Force To Streamline Municipal Medicaid Billing. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01479 | An Act Concerning Withholding Medicaid Reimbursement For Health Care Providers Who Require Mandatory Arbitration In Billing Disputes. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01480 | An Act Concerning Private Equity And Real Estate Investment Trust Ownership Of Hospitals And Nursing Homes. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01481 | An Act Prohibiting Discrimination In Services Funded Under Medicaid. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01482 | An Act Concerning Maximizing Use Of Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Funds And The Restaurant Meals Program For The Nutritional Needs Of Elderly Persons And Others. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| SB01483 | An Act Concerning The Patient-centered Medical Home-plus Program. | Dead | 03/06/2025 |