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Legislative Report


Thursday, January 29, 2026 4:54 AM




Priority Bills

HB 6913
AN ACT PROHIBITING LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS.

Bill Description:
To prohibit long-term care facilities or long-term care facility staff from discriminating against any long-term care facility resident on the basis of such resident's actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or human immunodeficiency virus status.

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/3)

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SB 805
AN ACT REQUIRING NURSING HOMES TO SPEND NOT LESS THAN EIGHTY PER CENT OF REVENUES ON DIRECT PATIENT CARE.

Bill Description:
To improve the quality of care in nursing homes.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 371 (4/1)

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SB 1279
AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME STAFFING RATIOS.

Bill Description:
To (1) establish minimum nursing home staffing levels, and (2) impose stricter penalties for violations.

Substitute Language: SB 1279-AGE-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 101 (3/18)

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SB 1417
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD.

Bill Description:
To establish a board to develop minimum nursing home workforce standards for compensation and training.

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/13)

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HB 7026
AN ACT CONCERNING EXCEPTIONS TO THE NURSING HOME BED MORATORIUM.

Bill Description:
To provide greater flexibility to address regional shortages in nursing home beds.

Recent Action Taken:
Senate Calendar Number 589 (6/3)

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Monitored Bills

SB 2
AN ACT CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Bill Description:
To (1) establish various requirements concerning artificial intelligence systems, (2) require the Department of Economic and Community Development to (A) establish an artificial intelligence regulatory sandbox program, (B) plan to establish a technology transfer program, (C) establish a confidential computing cluster, (D) conduct a "CT AI Symposium", and (E) design an algorithmic computer model, (3) require the Board of Regents for Higher Education to establish a "Connecticut AI Academy" and require the Labor Department, and home visiting programs overseen by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, to provide information concerning said academy, (4) establish a Connecticut Technology Advisory Board, (5) modify the "computer science education and workforce development account", (6) modify the Technology Talent and Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, (7) establish an artificial intelligence systems fellowship program, (8) establish an artificial intelligence task force, (9) require state agencies to take various actions regarding generative artificial intelligence, and (10) prohibit dissemination of certain synthetic images.

Substitute Language: SB 2-GL-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
House Calendar Number 599 (5/16)

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HB 6864
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, 2027, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.

Bill Description:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

Substitute Language: HB 6864-APP-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 839 (5/6)

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HB 6985
AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME AND RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME ABANDONMENT.

Bill Description:
To make abandonment of nursing home or residential care home residents a class A violation.

Recent Action Taken:
Referred by House to Committee on Judiciary (4/22)

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HB 6986
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SENIOR CITIZENS' BILL OF RIGHTS.

Bill Description:
To establish a senior citizens' bill of rights.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 117 (3/18)

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HB 6987
AN ACT CONCERNING CLOSURES AND EVACUATIONS OF RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES AND NURSING HOMES.

Bill Description:
To (1) require nursing homes and residential care homes to consider resident proximity to family and other support networks when transferring or discharging a resident, (2) require the Commissioner of Public Health to study nursing home and residential care home evacuation procedures relating to transportation, (3) require nursing homes and residential care homes to maintain insurance for residents' personal property lost or damaged as a result of an evacuation, (4) establish a database that provides real-time tracking of nursing home and residential care home bed availability, (5) establish an automated benefits transfer system to facilitate the transfer of benefits and payments when a nursing home or residential care home resident is transferred to a new facility on an emergency basis, and (6) require the Commissioner of Public Health to study methods to employ alternative housing solutions to provide living arrangements to residential care home residents impacted by mandated bed reductions.

Substitute Language: HB 6987-AGE-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations (4/29)

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HB 7235
AN ACT CONCERNING EXPENDITURES OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS OTHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND.

Bill Description:
To review appropriations from funds other than the General Fund.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 844 (5/7)

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HB 7287
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO REVENUE AND OTHER ITEMS IMPLEMENTING THE STATE BUDGET.

Bill Description:

Recent Action Taken:
Signed by the Governor (6/30)

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SB 1175
AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR CERTAIN RATE INCREASES AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.

Bill Description:
To require each assisted living services agency to hold a public informational hearing when the agency increases a fee by more than ten per cent of the previous fee.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 99 (3/18)

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SB 1176
AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN AND AREA AGENCIES ON AGING SERVICE NAVIGATORS.

Bill Description:
To provide funding to the Department of Aging and Disability Services for the purpose of (1) hiring one regional ombudsman for the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and (2) providing funding to the five area agencies on aging to hire two additional service navigators per area agency on aging.

Substitute Language: SB 1176-AGE-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (3/11)

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SB 1177
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF LONG-TERM CARE NEEDS.

Bill Description:
To require the Commissioner of Social Services to study long-term care needs in the state.

Recent Action Taken:
Immediate Transmittal (5/8)

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SB 1190
AN ACT REQUIRING NURSING HOMES AND MANAGED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR.

Bill Description:
To require nursing homes and assisted living facilities to be equipped with an automated external defibrillator.

Substitute Language: SB 1190-PH-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 22 (2/27)

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SB 1247
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE.

Bill Description:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.

Recent Action Taken:
File Number 901 (5/12)

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SB 1251
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.

Bill Description:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations regarding health and human services.

Substitute Language: SB 1251-HS-Substitute Language

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/13)

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SB 1333
AN ACT CONCERNING VALUE-BASED MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT TO NURSING HOMES.

Bill Description:
To establish a working group to study value-based Medicaid reimbursement to nursing homes.

Recent Action Taken:
House Calendar Number 663 (5/30)

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SB 1415
AN ACT CONCERNING MINIMUM WAGES FOR NURSING HOME WORKERS PROVIDING DIRECT CARE AND CERTAIN GROUP HOME WORKERS.

Bill Description:
To establish minimum wages for nursing home workers and certain group home workers in programs funded by Medicaid.

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/7)

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SB 1416
AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPANSION OF LONG-TERM CARE OPTIONS FOR MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES.

Bill Description:
To expand long-term care options for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Recent Action Taken:
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/7)

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