---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE COST AND FEASIBILITY OF PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO RETAIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE COST AND FEASIBILITY OF PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO RETAIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Connecticut SB 173 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Income", "Nursing home patients", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "Spouses", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Haines, Irene M.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Rutigliano, David", "Somers, Heather S.", "Veach, Donna", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-23"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af6bfbc-1043-4461-9e88-7558879d3a1e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "97ff30d33c56cc0cdcadeec33d635e0a72d693b8180fb0bb1ee1c145c4562984"
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 173 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE COST AND FEASIBILITY OF PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO RETAIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS.

## Version chain

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

1. **AGE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00173-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022SB-00173-R000089-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 22-121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00121-R00SB-00173-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00173-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Aging `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2022-03-10** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-17** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/22/22 `referral`
- **2022-03-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-03-23** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 95
- **2022-03-23** FILE NO. 89
- **2022-04-20** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-20** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2022-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 441
- **2022-05-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-16** PUBLIC ACT 22-121
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** 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/7af6bfbc-1043-4461-9e88-7558879d3a1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).