---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL BILLING AND COLLECTION EFFORTS BY HOSPITALS AND COLLECTION AGENCIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL BILLING AND COLLECTION EFFORTS BY HOSPITALS AND COLLECTION AGENCIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "Connecticut SB 683 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer collection agencies", "Health Strategy", "Office of", "Hospital rates", "Medical expenses", "Outpatient clinics", "Physicians", "Reports", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler, Larry B.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Looney, Martin M."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c8df6c6-bcb2-4685-86ac-846d318cdb0b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "39a64c6cd922e2e0ecd82223196176c2a2d87f8cbe470fb861643fa889a7fb8b"
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 683 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL BILLING AND COLLECTION EFFORTS BY HOSPITALS AND COLLECTION AGENCIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00683-R03-SB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00683-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **File No. 447** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00683-R000447-FC.PDF)
4. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00683-R02-SB.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00683-R00-SB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 21-129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00129-R00SB-00683-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-17** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** PUBLIC HEARING 0324
- **2021-03-26** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/21
- **2021-04-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-14** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 279
- **2021-04-14** FILE NO. 447
- **2021-05-12** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-05-18** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-05-18** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-02** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-02** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 580
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-23** PUBLIC ACT 21-129
- **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/4c8df6c6-bcb2-4685-86ac-846d318cdb0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).