---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING DISCHARGE STANDARDS REGARDING FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS FOR PATIENTS BEING DISCHARGED FROM A HOSPITAL OR NURSING HOME FACILITY."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING DISCHARGE STANDARDS REGARDING FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS FOR PATIENTS BEING DISCHARGED FROM A HOSPITAL OR NURSING HOME FACILITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 956"
citation: "Connecticut SB 956 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospital discharge planning services", "Nursing home patients", "Nursing homes", "Public Health", "Department of", "State regulations", "specific"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Conley, Christine", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Foncello, Martin", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Marx, Martha", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Reddington-hughes, Karen", "Santos, Farley", "Simms, Travis", "Veach, Donna", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/510c32b8-64ed-4149-b73b-8f10a61da133"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8284270a54854b8a82a1261d9a52d38bed53d2cd93b4595134a1f4a0f77f9d80"
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 956 (2023) — AN ACT REQUIRING DISCHARGE STANDARDS REGARDING FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS FOR PATIENTS BEING DISCHARGED FROM A HOSPITAL OR NURSING HOME FACILITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 67** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00956-R000067-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00956-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-39** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00039-R00SB-00956-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00956-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Foncello, Martin — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Marx, Martha — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Reddington-hughes, Karen — primary (person)
- Santos, Farley — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0222
- **2023-03-03** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-07** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/13/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 70
- **2023-03-14** FILE NO. 67
- **2023-05-11** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-11** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2023-05-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 523
- **2023-06-01** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-01** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-01** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-05** PUBLIC ACT 23-39
- **2023-06-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** 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/510c32b8-64ed-4149-b73b-8f10a61da133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).