---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PAYMENT RECOVERIES AND INCENTIVES UNDER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PAYMENT RECOVERIES AND INCENTIVES UNDER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6319"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6319 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims by the state", "Decedents' estates", "Private providers of human services", "State contracts", "Welfare recipients"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rochelle, Kara", "Smith, Brian T."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c94d243-8f16-4ba9-a795-86b61734cdc8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "475f45aae7406a059f6e743a9793e2fb363e2b38477cb6a65b801aaaacc97ccb"
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 6319 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING PAYMENT RECOVERIES AND INCENTIVES UNDER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06319-R000022-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06319-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06319-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-65** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00065-R00HB-06319-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06319-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0216
- **2021-02-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/08/21
- **2021-03-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 52
- **2021-03-09** FILE NO. 22
- **2021-04-13** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-05-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-05-07** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 500
- **2021-05-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-09** PUBLIC ACT 21-65
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-24** 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/2c94d243-8f16-4ba9-a795-86b61734cdc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).