---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THIRD-PARTY ACCESS TO PARTICIPATING DENTAL PROVIDER CONTRACTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THIRD-PARTY ACCESS TO PARTICIPATING DENTAL PROVIDER CONTRACTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6589"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6589 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dental care", "Dentists", "Health insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daugherty Abrams, Mary", "Delnicki, Tom", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Quinn, Michael D", "Slap, Derek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f7402d0-6711-4dd0-9a3d-5a5244c760f1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "7993b087dea7a9440e671f7f101cfb25b8ec463e9993af6c9d87d30ae9ebde00"
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 6589 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THIRD-PARTY ACCESS TO PARTICIPATING DENTAL PROVIDER CONTRACTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 345** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06589-R000345-FC.PDF)
2. **INS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06589-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00187-R00HB-06589-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06589-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Daugherty Abrams, Mary — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Quinn, Michael D — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — 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`
- **2021-03-12** PUBLIC HEARING 0318
- **2021-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `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 261
- **2021-04-08** FILE NO. 345
- **2021-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2021-06-06** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-06** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 567
- **2021-06-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-28** PUBLIC ACT 21-187
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-13** 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/8f7402d0-6711-4dd0-9a3d-5a5244c760f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).