---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A QUALIFIED, LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO PROVIDE TREATMENT OR AN EVALUATION IN CONNECTION WITH A FAMILY RELATIONS MATTER."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A QUALIFIED, LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO PROVIDE TREATMENT OR AN EVALUATION IN CONNECTION WITH A FAMILY RELATIONS MATTER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5575"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5575 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care providers", "Parents", "Family relations matters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-21"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/853412e8-bc2c-43ef-af76-05f1a0daf98e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "874ec28bc1ac78a7841e2c085c898d7a3c37eb15badf0b40aa9359c26d4ffa88"
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 5575 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A QUALIFIED, LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO PROVIDE TREATMENT OR AN EVALUATION IN CONNECTION WITH A FAMILY RELATIONS MATTER.

## 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-05575-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05575-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 389 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 250 AS AMENDED — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0326
- **2018-04-04** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/18/18
- **2018-04-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 400
- **2018-04-19** FILE NO. 598
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 547
- **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
- **2018-05-30** PUBLIC ACT 18-177 `became-law`
- **2018-06-01** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-06-01** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-14** 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/853412e8-bc2c-43ef-af76-05f1a0daf98e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).