---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6398"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6398 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic medical records", "Mental Health and Addiction Services", "Department of", "Mental health facilities", "Patients' rights", "Whiting Forensic Hospital"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Public Health Committee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a465ce4-5a7b-4b6a-a54c-38fdc96c8213"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "244354c269c82ffa6f1512f7c04ebd0176afd36da28f705e983281b7d029d4e8"
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 6398 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06398-R000154-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06398-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-75** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00075-R00HB-06398-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06398-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Public Health Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2021-03-12** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/29/21
- **2021-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 143
- **2021-03-29** FILE NO. 154
- **2021-05-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 501
- **2021-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 21-75
- **2021-06-16** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-16** 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/9a465ce4-5a7b-4b6a-a54c-38fdc96c8213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).