---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DONOR BREAST MILK."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DONOR BREAST MILK."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7165"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7165 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Breast feeding", "Medicaid", "Social Services", "Department of", "State regulations", "specific", "Medical necessity"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpino, Christie M.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Conley, Christine", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Formica, Paul M.", "Frey, John H.", "Kissel, John A.", "Klarides, Themis", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "McGorty, Ben", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Morin, Russell A.", "Needleman, Norman", "Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine", "Perillo, Jason", "Petit, William A.", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cd013f3-133d-4025-9c38-140c0f87aab7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f3cd1d6d5ab14dd220ff54c5efb8d509a7ddaf2603fd5bd47ce2b4ce120930f0"
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 7165 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DONOR BREAST MILK.

## Version chain

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

1. **HS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07165-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07165-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Frey, John H. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Klarides, Themis — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- McGorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Morin, Russell A. — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0228
- **2019-03-21** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/19
- **2019-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 275
- **2019-04-04** FILE NO. 423
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-24** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 602
- **2019-05-24** FILE NO. 994
- **2019-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-13** PUBLIC ACT 19-48 `became-law`
- **2019-06-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-18** 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/8cd013f3-133d-4025-9c38-140c0f87aab7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).