---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING EXPLANATIONS OF BENEFITS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING EXPLANATIONS OF BENEFITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6389"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6389 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dathan, Lucy", "Farrar, Kate", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3c23aca-34b6-49c6-bdbb-5a5fa77eb364"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4ef8dfb66641c164d2b6d8fa1096368ee0f6b5202cc84c5f2378ca50152fe1b5"
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 6389 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING EXPLANATIONS OF BENEFITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06389-R000382-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 633** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06389-R000633-FC.PDF)
3. **INS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06389-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00022-R00HB-06389-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06389-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0209
- **2021-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/21
- **2021-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 295
- **2021-04-12** FILE NO. 382
- **2021-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-04** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2021-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-06** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-06** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 382
- **2021-05-06** FILE NO. 633
- **2021-05-25** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-25** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-25** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-01** PUBLIC ACT 21-22
- **2021-06-02** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-02** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-04** 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/a3c23aca-34b6-49c6-bdbb-5a5fa77eb364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).