---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AFFECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND A STUDY OF PAYMENT PARITY FOR HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AFFECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND A STUDY OF PAYMENT PARITY FOR HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 955"
citation: "Connecticut SB 955 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory bodies", "Child support enforcement", "Employment of the disabled", "Medicaid", "Private providers of human services", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "State contracts", "State-wide Health Information Exchange", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Simms, Travis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56e3c3ad-2bbe-4909-a81d-a98e7c1889e4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "5b42452344b398982f25cb6ec2e8f1107856b2c905a84a157b64bb4061ec99ad"
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 955 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AFFECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND A STUDY OF PAYMENT PARITY FOR HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 515** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00955-R000515-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00955-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00148-R00SB-00955-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00955-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2021-03-31** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-12** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/19/21
- **2021-04-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 310
- **2021-04-19** FILE NO. 515
- **2021-05-13** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-13** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 502
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-148
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-28** 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/56e3c3ad-2bbe-4909-a81d-a98e7c1889e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).