---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6588"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6588 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counseling", "Drugs", "Health insurance", "Mental health services", "Preferred provider networks (Medical care)", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betts, Whit", "Buckbee, Bill", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Parker, John-michael"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3e9e545-a30f-430d-acc4-16c0920feb1a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "ac76481758e18dc8a5198efb30259722a0085ad2121690c952da78e776a1d960"
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 6588 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06588-R000344-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 691** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06588-R000691-FC.PDF)
3. **INS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06588-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00125-R00HB-06588-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06588-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Betts, Whit — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2021-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/21
- **2021-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 260
- **2021-04-08** FILE NO. 344
- **2021-05-12** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-12** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-14** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 436
- **2021-05-14** FILE NO. 691
- **2021-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-04** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-05** POTENTIAL DISAGREEING ACTION, TABLED CAL. HO.
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-23** PUBLIC ACT 21-125
- **2021-06-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-07** 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/b3e9e545-a30f-430d-acc4-16c0920feb1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).