---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DISPUTES BETWEEN HEALTH CARRIERS AND PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS THAT ARE HOSPITALS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DISPUTES BETWEEN HEALTH CARRIERS AND PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS THAT ARE HOSPITALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5383"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5383 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals", "Preferred provider networks (Medical care)", "Health insurance continuation of benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haddad, Gregory", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Looney, Martin M.", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Scanlon, Sean", "Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93a613c1-4790-475b-986a-991d2f23b06a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b4e944e2900f7a399d94132cab671b6f8af8cfd99e291ca83f244e23b522dcdf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 5383 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING DISPUTES BETWEEN HEALTH CARRIERS AND PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS THAT ARE HOSPITALS.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **R00** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05383-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05383-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 42 AS AMENDED — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 351 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Scanlon, Sean — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** PUBLIC HEARING 0306
- **2018-03-20** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/18
- **2018-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 211
- **2018-04-09** FILE NO. 316
- **2018-04-18** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-18** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-04-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 373
- **2018-04-20** FILE NO. 622
- **2018-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-23** PUBLIC ACT 18-115 `became-law`
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-06** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93a613c1-4790-475b-986a-991d2f23b06a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).