---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN HEALTH CARRIERS AND PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS FROM EMPLOYING COPAY ACCUMULATOR PROGRAMS."
description: "AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN HEALTH CARRIERS AND PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS FROM EMPLOYING COPAY ACCUMULATOR PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1003"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1003 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health insurance", "Medical expenses", "Pharmacy benefits managers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Looney, Martin M.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Thomas, Stephanie"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81f7c46d-763e-4293-bbbe-9d89c325634e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e3765ac0ea4b37396360ca464746c0c5e214c993ef9a65f59bb368b849f5a58d"
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 SB 1003 (2021) — AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN HEALTH CARRIERS AND PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS FROM EMPLOYING COPAY ACCUMULATOR PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 363** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-01003-R000363-FC.PDF)
2. **INS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01003-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00014-R00SB-01003-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01003-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Thomas, Stephanie — 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., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 230
- **2021-04-08** FILE NO. 363
- **2021-04-28** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-04-28** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-04-28** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-04-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 448
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-18** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-05-25** PUBLIC ACT 21-14
- **2021-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-02** 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/81f7c46d-763e-4293-bbbe-9d89c325634e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).