Connecticut Long Term Care Ombudsman Program

Advocacy Over the Years

Advocacy Over the Years: A Timeline of Legislative Milestones in Long-Term Care

Welcome to the Connecticut Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program's "Advocacy Over the Years" page. This resource chronicles our ongoing commitment to safeguarding the rights and well-being of residents in long-term care settings. Here, you'll find a comprehensive timeline detailing significant legislative agendas, key bills, and pivotal issues we've championed through various legislative sessions. By reflecting on our advocacy's history and anticipating future initiatives, we aim to inform and engage stakeholders in our mission to enhance the quality of long-term care across Connecticut.

 

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A Brief Overview: The 2024 Connecticut Legislative Session

The 2024 Connecticut Legislative Session, which ran from February 7, to May 8, marked a pivotal period for advancing significant policy changes in long-term care. While not all proposed bills were passed, the session resulted in the enactment of several key reforms aimed at improving the quality, choice, and transparency of care. These legislative successes exemplify strong bipartisan collaboration across multiple committees.

Notably, the session resulted in the following key legislative measures:

  • Enhanced Privacy Measures: The session implemented new rules limiting room occupancy to no more than two beds, aimed at reducing overcrowding and increasing privacy for residents.
  • Electronic Nursing Facility Waiting Lists: A new mandate requires nursing facilities to transition to an electronic format for waiting lists, enhancing the accuracy and transparency of the admissions process.
  • Promoting Best Practices and Care Comparisons: The legislature mandated that links to the Medicare Nursing Home Care Compare website be displayed on both the Department of Social Services (DSS) and Department of Public Health (DPH) websites. Additionally, the creation of a Connecticut-specific nursing home dashboard was initiated to help residents and their families make more informed choices about care facilities.
  • Development of a Centers of Excellence Program: This program was created to incentivize nursing homes that meet specific evidence-based standards for high-quality, person-centered care.

The session also addressed critical issues of fairness and safety:

  • Prohibition of Discrimination Based on Mental Health Treatment History: The new laws prohibit discrimination in admissions based on a history of mental health treatment, ensuring equal access to care for all residents.
  • Workplace Violence Prevention Standards: Enhanced standards were introduced to safeguard both residents and staff from violence, creating safer care environments.
  • Transfer of Residents from Closing Facilities: The legislature now requires nursing homes to admit residents transferring from facilities that are closing, without regard to waiting lists, to minimize the risk of transfer trauma and help residents remain in their communities of origin.

Additionally, regulatory authorities were given enhanced powers to discipline facilities that fall short in care practices, ensuring accountability and maintaining high care standards.

Moreover, these recent legislative changes have significantly enhanced the flexibility and responsiveness of the Ombudsman Program, ensuring that individuals receiving care can access essential services more rapidly and in their preferred settings.

Collectively, these measures improve the operational transparency, safety, and quality of care in Connecticut’s nursing, residential, and community care settings, thereby enhancing the quality of life for older and vulnerable populations.

Key Bills Passed During 2024 Legislative Session - By Title and Public Act:To read more about these and other bills go to www.cga.ct.gov and the “quick bill search” link and insert the bill number only.

HB-5001: Supporting Connecticut Seniors and Improving Nursing and Home-Based Care (Public Act 24-39)

This comprehensive bill addresses several aspects of long-term care and home care improvements, aiming to enhance transparency, care quality, and resident protections. Key provisions include:

  • Home Care Provider Registry: The bill mandates the creation of a state-run home care provider registry by January 1, 2025. The registry will be available online and will list qualified providers to promote awareness, provider recruitment, and retention.
  • Quality of Care Links: The bill requires the Department of Social Services and the Department of Public Health to include direct links to Medicare’s Care Compare tool to enable easier access for families when assessing nursing home quality.
  • Expansion of Fingerprinting Locations: To enhance background checks for home care and health service providers, the bill expands fingerprinting locations statewide.
  • Identification Requirements: From October 1, 2024, all home health care agency employees must wear ID badges during appointments to ensure better service verification and security.
  • Presumptive Medicaid Eligibility: Establishes a system for presumptive Medicaid eligibility for home care applicants, allowing them to receive care for up to 90 days while their full eligibility is determined.
  • Ombudsman Notification: Requires that the Long-Term Care Ombudsman be notified within 30 days of licensing Assisted Living Service Agencies (ALSAs) providing services to Managed Residential Communities (MRCs).
  • MRC Notifications: MRCs must notify residents 30 days before any changes in ALSA providers to give adequate time for residents to adjust.
  • Consumer Guide: Requires the State Ombudsman, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, to develop a comprehensive guide for MRC residents, including details about their rights and relevant information.
  • Centers of Excellence Program: Introduces incentives for nursing homes that meet specific evidence-based standards for providing high-quality, person-centered care.
  • Municipal Agents for the Elderly: Expands the duties of municipal agents to assist seniors in accessing housing resources and requires the development of a contact directory for these agents.

HB-5046: Promoting Nursing Home Resident Quality of Life (Public Act 24-141)

This bill focuses on enhancing the quality of life for nursing home residents by setting clear standards for care and management. Key provisions include:

  • Room Capacity Limits: As of July 1, 2026, no new nursing home residents can be placed in rooms with more than two beds, reducing overcrowding and improving privacy.
  • Nursing Home Waiting Lists: Nursing homes must admit residents transferring from facilities that are closing, regardless of their waiting list position, to minimize the risk of transfer trauma.
  • Enforcement of State Laws: Extends penalties for nursing homes that violate state laws, ensuring consistency with penalties for violations of federal laws.
  • Managed Residential Care Homes: Requires MRCs to include fee adjustment information in their residency agreements, provide 90 days’ notice for fee increases, and offer refunds for certain fees if they are unable to meet a resident’s needs.
  • Fee Disclosure: ALSAs must disclose fee increases at least 60 days before they take effect and provide a history of fee increases for the past three years if requested.
  • Nursing Facility Management Oversight: Expands the criteria for issuing nursing facility management certificates and increases penalties for non-compliance.

SB-1: Concerning the Health and Safety of Connecticut Residents (Public Act 24-19)

This bill strengthens health and safety protections in nursing homes and other health care facilities. Key provisions include:

  • Workplace Violence Prevention: Requires healthcare facilities to adopt and implement workplace violence prevention standards, which may also be a condition for Medicaid reimbursement.
  • Combating Loneliness and Isolation: Establishes working groups to address loneliness and isolation among older adults, including a pilot program that uses technology to foster social engagement.
  • Direct Care Definition: Establishes a statutory definition for "direct care," which includes hands-on tasks like feeding, bathing, toileting, and lifting, ensuring these tasks are included under minimum staffing levels.
  • Ambulance Prior Authorization: Prohibits health carriers from requiring prior authorization for medically necessary ambulance transport to hospitals, ensuring timely access to emergency care.
  • Peer-Run Respite Center: Requires the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to establish a peer-run respite center to provide support services to adults experiencing distress during a mental health crisis.
  • Mental Health Admissions: Prohibits nursing homes from denying admission solely because an individual has received mental health services in the past, addressing potential discrimination.

SB-308: Implementing Task Force Recommendations for Wheelchair Repair (Public Act 24-58)

This bill introduces new regulations to improve the timely repair of wheelchairs, enhancing service quality for individuals relying on these devices. Key provisions include:

  • Timely Repair Requirements: Requires wheelchair dealers to repair wheelchairs within 10 business days, provided the consumer has made the wheelchair available and necessary prior authorizations have been obtained. Repairs must be performed at the consumer’s home if requested.
  • Complaint Mechanism: The Office of the Healthcare Advocate will maintain a complaint line for repair issues and report annually to legislative committees.
  • Reporting Requirements: Dealers contracting with the Department of Social Services must report statistics on repair times annually to enhance oversight.
  • No New Prescriptions for Repairs: Prohibits the requirement of new prescriptions or prior authorizations for repairs, unless the original prescription is older than five years.
  • CRT and Wheelchair Repair Advisory Council: Establishes a council to monitor and recommend improvements to wheelchair repairs, ensuring timely service for users.

HB-5457: Nursing Home Waiting Lists (Public Act 24-17)

This bill mandates electronic waiting lists for nursing homes to improve transparency and streamline the admissions process. Key provisions include:

  • Electronic Waiting Lists: Requires nursing homes to maintain their waiting lists in an electronic format by July 1, 2025.
  • Non-Discrimination and Admission Order: Nursing homes must process admissions in the order applications are received, and they are prohibited from discriminating against indigent applicants based on their payment source.
  • Active Management: Nursing homes must periodically confirm applicants’ interest in remaining on the list and can remove unresponsive applicants.

HB-5308: Absentee Voting for Nursing Home Residents (Public Act 24-34)

This bill ensures that nursing home residents can still participate in elections, even if they fall ill shortly before the election. Key provisions include:

  • Absentee Ballots: Allows nursing home and hospital patients who become ill within six days before an election to vote via absentee ballot.
  • Appointment of a Designee: Residents can appoint a designee to deliver the absentee ballot, ensuring that they can participate in the voting process despite health issues.

HB-5146: Disclosures of Financial Records (Public Act 24-84)

This bill ensures that financial institutions provide customer financial records to the Department of Social Services (DSS) within 20 days upon receiving a signed certification, speeding up the eligibility determination process for Medicaid and other state aid services.

 

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2023 Legislative Session Overview: 

The 2023 CT legislative session was a long budget-focused every other year legislative session that started January 4th and ended June 7th.  Democrats controlled both the House and Senate by large majorities again this year (98-53 in the House and 24-12 in the Senate).  A state budget was approved late session by large bi-partisan majorities in both the House and Senate and signed by Governor Lamont.  A large FY 2022-23 state budget surplus and large state rainy day fund cushion, unlike budgets from 4-5+ years ago, were backgrounds to the session along with the fiscal spending cap which legislators saw as limiting more expansive state appropriations. The state budget included tax cuts for the first time in decades in CT, and other bills related to implementation of early voting, greater phased-in income tax exemptions for retirement income, and gun violence reform.


Nursing Homes and Long Term Care

Related to nursing homes and long-term care, there were positive measures passed to require:  1) Greater nursing home transparency for CT Department of Social Service cost reporting to help determine what are real nursing home costs given that may nursing homes have multiple corporate structures and related parties and it can be hard to follow the money;  2)  Greater public availability of such DSS reports;  3)  More efficient use of state and federal funds by nursing homes;  4)  Improved review and requirements for nursing home change of ownership for greater accountability and to keep out bad actors;  5)  Greater protections for residents related to nursing home involuntary discharge notices and such notices would be invalid if the nursing home did not provide to LTCOP at the same time as provided to the resident;  6)  Many other consumer and resident/family-friendly measures.

On February 10th, the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP), E-Board, Statewide Family Council, and many other advocacy organizations rallied at the Legislative Office Building prior to the public hearing on Senate Bill (SB) 989, a comprehensive nursing home reform bill.  The hearing lasted all day and late into the evening.  The rally highlighted the very real poor nursing home staffing and care concerns that many residents face. SB 989 would have required increased state nursing home staffing to 4.1 hours per resident per day from the 3.0 current requirement among many measures.  A corollary bill SB 1026 would have phased-in CT minimum staffing requirements to 3.6 hours per resident per day and then increase it to 4.1 within a couple years. 

Unfortunately, increased nursing home staffing was not approved during the 2023 CT legislative session.  Possible reasons:  cost, staffing availability, and the hope and backdrop for a first-ever national nursing home minimum staffing requirement which the White House and federal government Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) floated last year at 4.1 hours per resident per day and which CMS/consultants have been reviewing/studying since with key stakeholder input. As of this writing on June 13th, the White House/CMS are expected to announce results of their year-long national minimum staffing review and propose some sort of national minimum staffing measure.

 

Key Bills Passed During 2023 Legislative Session - By Title and Public Act:To read more about these and other bills go to www.cga.ct.gov and the “quick bill search” link and insert the bill number only.

 

HB 5004 – An Act Implementing Early Voting,  (Generally 14-day early voting period for general elections 7-day early voting for most primaries, and a 4-day early voting period for special elections and presidential preference primaries; starting after 1/1/24;  requirements and procedures for early voting included) Public Act 23-5

HJ 1  -  Resolution Proposing Constitutional Amendment Allowing for No-Excuse Absentee Voting, GAE, House Adopted, Senate Adopted (Resolution to appear on 2024 general election ballot) H.J. No. 1

HB 5781 -  An Act Concerning Notice of Proposed Involuntary Transfer or Discharge of a Nursing Facility Resident, Family Councils in Managed Residential Communities, Coordination of Dementia Services, Nursing Home Transparency and Homemaker-Companion Agencies, (Consolidated these four bills SB 930, SB 1024, HB 6678; SB 1025 into HB 5781;  includes nursing home involuntary discharge focus requiring nursing to provide affirmation to LTCOP that discharge notice was provided to resident and invalidates the discharge notice if LTCOP did not receive a copy of the discharge notice at the same time it was issued to the resident;  the bill also provides access to the discharge plan for LTCOP staff;  includes financial transparency requirements for nursing homes and reduces related party cost reports required to be reported to $30K from $50K;  the bill also requires assisted living facilities to encourage and assist in the development of family councils;  a dementia services coordinator position is created at the Department of Aging and Disability Services to coordinate state agency dementia programs and services;  and it will transfer homemaker-companion agency jurisdiction to DPH from the Department of Consumer Protection and provides for many greater consumer protections Public Act 23-48

HB 6731 -  An Act Concerning The Department of Public Health’s Recommendations Regarding Change in Ownership of Health Care Facilities, Public Act 23-122 (Requires greater scrutiny and review of change of ownership for nursing homes with goal to keep out bad actors)

HB 6733 -  An Act Concerning The Department of Public Heath’s Recommendations Regarding Various Revisions To The Public Health Statutes, PH, (Includes measure that revises assisted living (AL) definition and allows for end-of-life care at AL;  residents do not have to be chronic and stable in this situation as typically required in AL), Public Act 23-31

HB 6741 -  Improving the Safety of Health Care Providers and Patients, Special Act 23-29 (Requires DPH to make public announcements against aggressive behavior towards healthcare workers; another section focuses on certain state grant funding availability for building security infrastructure improvements)

HB 6775 - An Act Concerning Mandated Reporters, Public Act 23-168  (Expands abuse, neglect, exploitation, and abandonment mandated reporter list to also include licensed professional counselors;  adult probation officers;  adult parole officers;  physician assistants; dental hygienists;  resident service coordinators, clinical care coordinators, and managers employed at housing authorities, or municipal developers operating elderly housing projects)

SB 956 –  An Act Requiring Discharge Standards Regarding Follow-Up Appointments and Prescription Medications for Patients Being Discharged From A Hospital or Nursing Home Facility, (This bill requires hospitals and nursing homes to better care coordinate resident needs upon discharge) Public Act 23-39

SB 989 -  An Act Concerning Nonprofit Provider Retention of Contract Savings, Community Health Worker Medicaid Reimbursement and Studies of Medicaid Rates of Reimbursement, Nursing Home Transportation and Nursing Home Waiting Lists Public Act 23-186 (certain measures like cost reporting transparency and involuntary discharge notices were included in other bills;  there was a strike all amendment and final bill appears to include only resident family transportation and waitlist workgroup measures related to nursing homes – need to confirm with the CT General Assembly;  expect a bill name change once bill finalized)

SB 1088 -  Financial Exploitation of Senior Citizens, Banking, Public Act 23-161  (greater financial protections for senior citizens and greater responsibility and requirements for financial organizations to help protect seniors)

HB 6941 -  The State Budget Bill:  An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2025, and Making Appropriations Therefor, and Provisions Related to Revenue and Other Items Implementing the State Budget, Public Act 23-204 (related to long-term care:  one section establishes a working group to study nursing home excess bed capacity;  another section provides for compensation for family care caregivers in the Medicaid waiver program for personal care attendant support once CMS approves the CT state waiver amendment request;  another section would increase funeral assistance support to $1800 for low-income individuals;  this bill includes the personal income tax rate reduction and retirement income phased-in exemptions up to certain limits info)

 

Key 2023 Home and Community-Based (HCBS) Related Bills

HB 6677 -  Adult Day Centers -Increase Eligibility, Fee Increase, and Add PACE (Program for All-Inclusive Care for Elderly) To Medicaid State Plan, Public Act 23-30; 
HB 6767 -  DCP’s Recommendations Regarding Licensing and Enforcement, (includes homemaker companion agency consumer protections);  Public Act 23-99

HB 6855 – Medicaid – Study Efficacy and Need for Expansion of Such Programs, (wheelchair repair workgroup established), Public Act 23-22

SB 9, ( sections on PCA pathways and medical record request timelines from institution to institution);  Public Act 23-97

SB 972 –  Crisis Intervention Training for Police Officers and Collaboration Between Police Officers and Social Workers, Public Act 23-104

SB 998 -  Establishing Tax Abatement for Certain Conservation Easements,  (sections include multiple tenant protections and housing issues; rental regulations, Fair Share, affordable housing, reduces security deposit return timeline); Public Act 23-207

SB 1075 -  Hospice and Palliative Care Pilot Program (establishes a hospital at home hospice pilot program) Public Act 23-174

 

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2022 Legislative Session Dates: The Connecticut General Assembly Convened on February 9, 2022, and adjourned on May 4, 2022. The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2020 elections. Democrats won a 24-12 majority in the Senate and a 97-54 majority in the House. The party also controlled the governorship, creating a Democratic state government trifecta. A full and exhaustive list of all 2022 Legislative Committee Assignments can be found here. This was an every other year Short Legislative Session, Both State Chambers, House and Senate, continued to have Large Democratic Majorities with A Democratic Governor, Children’s Mental Health Issues Were Top Priority This Year Compared to Nursing Homes Last Year;  There Was a Large State Budget Surplus and Large Rainy Day Fund Versus Budget Challenges A Few Years Ago, There Was Lots of Federal and State Pandemic Support to Nursing Homes, Residents and Staff the Last Couple Years - There Were Positive Legislative Advances on Long Term Care Issues This Legislative Session Though Not the Landmark Advances of Pandemic Legislative Relief seen in 2021. This year we saw measures for greater consumer and resident protection; rights; accountability; Social Work Staffing Clarification; training; and reporting requirements and timelines updates.

Key Bills Passed Including HB 5313, HB 5485, HB 5500, HB 5506, SB 9, SB 173, SB 286, HB 5205, and SB 217 – By Title and Public Act

HB 5313 - Temporary Nursing Services Agencies, Reporting of Involuntary Transfers and Discharges from Nursing Homes and Residential Care Homes, Elder Abuse Training, Legal Rights of Long-Term Care Applicants and A Study of Managed Residential Community Issues, Aging, Public Act 22-57

HB 5485 - Various Revisions To Public Health Statutes, PH, Public Act 22-92 (includes pain management and oral hygiene new required training)

HB 5500 - DPH’s Recommendations Re: Various Revisions to the Public Health Statutes, PH, Public Act 22-58

HB 5506 - Act Adjusting The State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2023, Concerning Provisions Related to Revenue, School Construction and Other Items To Implement The State Budget and Authorizing and Adjusting Bonds of the State, Emergency Certification, Public Act 22-118 (includes Community Ombudsman provision)

SB 9 - Additional Adjustments to the State Budget for Biennium Ending June 30, 2023, A Community Ombudsman Program, Certain Municipal-Related Provisions, School Building Projects Grants, and High Deductible Health Plans, APP, Public Act 22-146 (see section 7)

SB 173 - Study of Cost-Feasibility of Permitting Community Spouse of Institutionalized Medicaid Recipient To Retain Maximum Amount of Allowable Assets, Aging, (see section 237 also Community Spouse Protected Amount/HB 5506 Budget Bill Passed), Public Act 22-121

SB 286 - Elder Abuse Reporting Deadlines, Temporary Family Assistance, Certificates of Need for Long-Term Care Facilities and Civil Penalties for Nursing Homes That Fail To Use Rate Increases for Employee Wage Enhancements, Public Act 22-145, (see amendment Sections 504 wage enhancement civil penalties possible and sections 505-508 CON for nursing homes)

HB 5205 - Fair Rent Commissions, HSG, Public Act 22-30 – statute expanded to require more towns above certain population level to have a Fair Rent Commission – greater opportunity for consumer protections to exorbitant rent increases and other landlord measures

SB 217 - Establish A Hate Crimes Investigative Unit Within Division of State Police and Require Development of A Reporting System, Best Practices and A Model Investigation Policy for Law Enforcement Units Regarding Hate Crimes, Public Act 22-9

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The 2021 CT regular legislative session began on January 6th and ended on June 9th, a every other year long legislative session devoted to passage of a two-year budget bill. The session started after months of an ongoing Covid-19 pandemic with its significant hardships and restrictions for nursing home residents, family members, staff, and citizens alike.  And just a few weeks after the Covid-19 vaccines started to become available to nursing home residents.  A Nursing Home and Assisted Living Oversight Working Group, established in fall 2020 in response to these hardships and including residents, family members, advocates, legislators, providers and others, submitted recommendations to the legislature in early January 2020 and many of these resident and family-friendly legislative recommendations were passed into law this session.  The E-Board strongly advocated this session for all nursing home residents including thru remote legislative testimony.  A recent article in Kaiser Health News highlights the E-Board role - https://khn.org/news/article/zooming-into-the-statehouse-nursing-home-residents-use-new-digital-skills-to-push-for-changes .

 

A summary of key nursing home measures passed includes:  rights to use technology of resident choice including video cameras with appropriate safeguards, protections and access rights;  required resident and family council notification on regulations or legislative proposals impacting long term care facility residents and right to testify remotely as needed;  improved DPH minimum required direct care staffing levels and improved social worker and recreation staffing requirements;  a personal needs allowance increase from $60/month to $75/month for eligible residents;  rights of essential caregivers to visit residents even during certain visit restrictions;  required two-month supply of needed nursing home personal protective equipment (PPE);  improved infection control staff and other requirements; required staff at least on-call each shift,, to start an IV line;  staff required to be educated on best practices to ensure resident social, emotional and mental health needs and addressed thru person-centered care and assure opportunities for social connection and strategies to minimize social isolation;  increased dementia special care unit requirements;  required support from nursing homes to promote family councils;  visitation protocols to be provided in writing and easy to understand format; care plan requirements to include resident visitation and support needs;  and DPH required to submit report to the legislature by 1/1/22 regarding state or federal funds that may be available to support infrastructure improvements in nursing homes.  Effective bill implementation dates vary.  Specific bill information is listed below and residents can go to the CT General Assembly website at www.cga.ct.gov and highlight “quick bill search” and insert the bill number in the search box to  get detailed bill info.

 

Quick Links to Some Key Bills passed from CT 2021 Session

AN ACT CONCERNING ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PERSONS AND A STATE-WIDE VISITATION POLICY FOR RESIDENTS OF LONGTERM CARE FACILITIES.
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00071-R00HB-06634-PA.PDF - Public Act No. 21-71 | Previously H.B. 6634

 

AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOMES AND DEMENTIA SPECIAL CARE UNITS. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/pa/pdf/2021PA-00185-R00SB-01030-PA.pdf - Public Act No. 21-185 | Previously S.B. 1030

 

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE BILLS OF RIGHTS FOR LONGTERM CARE RESIDENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF RESIDENT TECHNOLOGY FOR VIRTUAL VISITATION AND VIRTUAL MONITORING. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00055-R00SB-00975-PA.PDF  - Public Act No. 21-55 | Previously S.B. 975

Resident Virtual Monitoring Technology Consent Form and Instructions

Roommate Virtual Monitoring Technology Consent Form

 

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE VOICE OF RESIDENTS AND FAMILY COUNCILS. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00194-R00SB-00973-PA.PDF - Public Act No. 21-194 | Previously S.B. 973

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, 2023, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, AND MAKING DEFICIENCY AND ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, 2021. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00015-R00HB-06689-SA.PDF - Special Act No. 21-15 | Previously House Bill No. 6689

 

AN ACT CONCERNING PROVISIONS RELATED TO REVENUE AND OTHER ITEMS TO IMPLEMENT THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2023. - (Personal Needs Allowance Addressed In Section 353 and 354) https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01202-R00-SB.PDF | Previously S.B. 1202

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00121-R00HB-06666-PA.PDF - Public Act No. 21-121 | Previously House Bill 6666

 

AN ACT REQUIRING DRIVERS OF PARATRANSIT VEHICLES TO REPORT SUSPECTED ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION OR ABANDONMENT OF ELDERLY PERSONS. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/pa/pdf/2021PA-00122-R00SB-00763-PA.pdf - Public Act 21-122 | Previously S.B. 763

 

AN ACT CONCERNING SENIOR CENTERS AND SENIOR CRIME PREVENTION EDUCATION. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/Pa/pdf/2021PA-00007-R00SB-00817-PA.PDF - Public Act 21-7 | Previously S.B. 817

 

AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES. https://cga.ct.gov/2021/act/pa/pdf/2021PA-00026-R00SB-01083-PA.pdf - Public Act 21-26 | Previously S.B. 1083

 

AN ACT EQUALIZING COMPREHENSIVE ACCESS TO MENTAL, BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/Pa/pdf/2021PA-00035-R00SB-00001-PA.PDF - Public Act No. 21-35 | Previously S.B. 1

 

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF COVID-19. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/Sa/pdf/2021SA-00037-R00HB-05614-SA.PDF - Special Act 21-37 | Previously H.B. 5614 

 

AN ACT CONCERNING DECLARATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CIVIL PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCIES AND THE CREATION OF A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION TO STUDY STATUTES GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH DECLARATIONS. https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/Sa/pdf/2021SA-00005-R00HB-05653-SA.PDF - Special Act 21-5 | Previously H.B. 5653