Bills & Legislation

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRANSFORMING CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE.

To implement the recommendations of the Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee and to provide increased temporary family assistance benefits.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FEDERAL OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS.

To restate the law concerning immunity for actions taken by a federal officer, an employee or an agent and extend prohibitions against hiring a police officer dismissed for malfeasance, or who resigned or retired while under investigation to the hiring of a federal law enforcement official as a police officer.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS.

To regulate the use of automated license plate reader systems and safeguard data derived from such systems.

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT DISSOLVING THE BROOKLYN FIRE DISTRICT.

To dissolve the Brooklyn Fire District and transfer the funds and tangible property of said district to the town of Brooklyn.

Public Safety and Security Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SOCIAL EQUITY COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION.

To (1) authorize the Social Equity Council to conduct investigations to carry out its duties, (2) provide that no change shall be made in the ownership or control of certain equity joint ventures during the seven-year period following licensure, (3) require the council to submit an existing quarterly report to the chairperson of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus of the General Assembly, (4) eliminate a monthly report by the council to said caucus, (5) require the council to issue policies and procedures, and adopt regulations, to implement requirements concerning changes in the ownership and control of certain cannabis establishments, (6) provide that no change shall be made in the ownership or control of an approved social equity applicant during the provisional licensure period or the three-year period following final licensure, and (7) provide that a social equity applicant may apply to replace an original backer.

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION AND MANDATORY DISMISSAL OF COMPLAINTS.

To exempt from the one-year requirement for completion of commission investigations such investigations of voting-related complaints under chapter 151 and grants the commission the ability to not qualify straw contributions if the certification card, together with external evidence make it likely that the source of the money is different from the name on the certification card.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING DATA TRANSPARENCY FOR SELF-DIRECTED HOME CARE PROGRAMS.

To require the Department of Social Services to report additional data quarterly concerning self-directed home care programs.

Government Oversight Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID PROVIDER AUDITS.

To limit burdens on pharmacies subjected to audit under the Medicaid program.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING FUEL PRICING IN THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

To update fuel pricing standards for vendors in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS.

To improve access to nonemergency medical transportation for Medicaid recipients by reducing regulatory burdens on providers and reviewing reimbursement rates to ensure they are high enough to maintain an adequate pool of drivers.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME RATES, FAIR RENT AND ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES.

To support the financial stability of residential care homes by ensuring adequate rates of state reimbursement.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REBASING OF RATES OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES.

To require rebasing of rates for certain residential facilities not more often than every two years.

Human Services Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROVISIONS IN RESIDENTIAL RENTAL AGREEMENTS.

To (1) provide for the availability of at least one method of rental payment at no cost to a residential tenant, (2) prohibit the increase of rental charges upon breaches of a rental agreement, (3) prohibit the use of rental agreement clauses providing that the tenant agrees to increased rental payments after the expiration of the lease, and (4) provide for disclosure of late fees.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TENANT SCREENING.

To prohibit the denial of a rental application on the basis of credit history when the applicant is a victim of domestic violence.

Housing Committee

AN ACT REVISING A PROVISION CONCERNING HOUSING.

To revise the housing statutes of the state.

Housing Committee

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MAJORITY LEADER'S ROUNDTABLE.

To implement the recommendations of the Majority Leader's Roundtable on Affordable Housing and make other changes to the affordable housing statutes.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCOME THRESHOLD FOR TENANTS RENTING A DWELLING UNIT IN A SET-ASIDE DEVELOPMENT.

To allow an individual whose income newly exceeds the set-aside development income threshold to continue renting a set-aside dwelling unit at the affordable rate.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING TIERED DEED RESTRICTIONS.

To permit the award of housing unit equivalent points to set-aside developments containing deed restrictions lasting less than forty years.

Housing Committee

AN ACT INCREASING CERTAIN HOUSING UNIT-EQUIVALENT POINTS.

To increase housing unit-equivalent points for deed-restricted units and accessory apartments developed subject to summary review.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

To permit municipalities to purchase and develop affordable housing on real property identified in an affordable housing development application.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

To allow immediate removal of certain unauthorized persons from residential property.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

To direct the Department of Housing to study the availability of certain deed-restricted housing and the potential for a grant program to incentivize the development of such housing.

Housing Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE ON AFFORDABLE AND MIDDLE HOUSING.

To establish a task force to study the impact of the ten per cent affordable housing threshold of subsection (k) of section 8-30g of the general statutes.

Housing Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL RESPITE PILOT PROGRAM.

To establish a medical respite pilot program providing supportive care to homeless individuals undergoing medical treatment.

Housing Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE REGULATION IN THE STATE.

To require the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study concerning insurance regulation in the state.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE.

To require the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study concerning health insurance issues in the state.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE INSURANCE STATUTES.

To implement the Insurance Department's recommendations for revisions to the insurance statutes.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH COVERAGE MANDATES FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS.

To: (1) require certain health insurance coverage for individual and group health insurance policies in this state, and (2) require that the Insurance Commissioner conduct a study of mandated health insurance coverage for certain medical treatments or services.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE WORKING GROUPS.

To implement the recommendations of (1) the Insurance Fund working group, (2) the nonprofit liability, property and casualty insurance working group, and (3) the pharmacist compensation working group.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPLICATIONS.

To: (1) Establish a working group to study the need for and viability of creating a streamlined state court appeals process for any person aggrieved by a decision of a historic district commission, and (2) allow a commission to deny or return certain affordable housing applications.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RETURN OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PAYMENTS.

To: (1) Shorten the time period that health carriers may cancel, deny or demand the return of payment from health care providers and to require that health carriers establish an electronic appeal process; and (2) require hospital-based facilities to submit such facility's national provider identifier and tax identification number with each claim for reimbursement.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING SELF-FUNDED MULTIPLE EMPLOYER WELFARE ARRANGEMENTS AND REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT OPTION PROGRAM.

To (1) authorize self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements in this state, and (2) study the feasibility of establishing the Connecticut Option program and multiple employer welfare arrangements.

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING MEDICAL EMERGENCY DRILLS AT CERTAIN CHILD CARE FACILITIES AND YOUTH CAMPS.

To require the Commissioner of Children and Families to conduct a study to evaluate the efficacy of the programs administered by the Department of Children and Families.

Committee on Children

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE.

To make technical changes to a statute relating to the Child Advocate.

Committee on Children

AN ACT CONCERNING UNLAWFUL FUNERAL SERVICE PRACTICES.

To compensate victims of unlawful funeral service practices.

Appropriations Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING THE COMPTROLLER TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.

To require the Comptroller to conduct a study of health insurance for police officers and firefighters, including, but not limited to, any gaps in, or lack of, health insurance coverage, or diminished health insurance coverage for retired police officers and firefighters in the state.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING LABOR.

To make minor and technical revisions to statutes concerning labor.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING HAZARD PENSIONS FOR CERTAIN JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES.

To add investigators in the Division of Public Defender Services, investigators in the Division of Criminal Justice and support service investigators in Support Enforcement Services to the definition of "hazardous duty member" for purposes of the State Employee Retirement Act.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY UNDUE DELAY IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS BY POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.

To require the Workers' Compensation Commission to study undue delay in workers' compensation claims filed by police officers and firefighters.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT REQUIRING PAYCHECK TRANSPARENCY.

To require employers to create a guide in order to help employees understand the pay codes used by the employer on employee records of hours worked.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DISCLOSURE OF WAGE RANGES AND BENEFITS ON PUBLIC AND INTERNAL JOB ADVERTISEMENTS.

To (1) require an employer to disclose the wages or wage range and a general description of the benefits to be offered with a position in a public or internal job posting for such position, (2) require an employer to annually provide an employee with the current wages or wage range and a general description of the benefits currently provided with such employee's current position, (3) prohibit an employer from retaliating or discriminating against an employee or applicant for trying to exercise their rights regarding wage discussion or disclosure, and (4) make other changes to the disclosures required under and damages for a violation of section 31-40z of the general statutes.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING PROCESSING FEES FOR MEDICAL RECORDS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT.

To prohibit providers from charging a patient for the furnishing of a health record, or part thereof, necessary for the purpose of supporting an application for disability retirement benefits under the state employees retirement system.

Labor and Public Employees Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING A PROVIDER TOOLKIT FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MENOPAUSE, PERIMENOPAUSE AND POSTMENOPAUSE.

To require the development and distribution of a provider toolkit for the diagnosis and treatment of menopause, perimenopause and postmenopause.

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGIONAL PLANNING INCENTIVE ACCOUNT.

To clarify that a regional council of governments may receive funding from the regional planning incentive account for both a regional stormwater management and flood mitigation coordinator position and a regional municipal solid waste and recycling coordinator position.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF ZONING REGULATIONS.

To specify that municipalities that exercise zoning authority pursuant to a special act may impose certain fines to enforce such regulations.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL AGENCIES.

To make technical changes to provisions concerning filing deadlines for certain appeals to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

Planning and Development Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING DOG LICENSES.

To authorize the issuance of online dog licenses from the Department of Agriculture in addition to the existing town clerk process for issuing such licenses, and to require dog owners to obtain licenses every three years rather than annually.

Planning and Development Committee