---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5455"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5455 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "State medical assistance program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather S. Somers", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Peter A. Tercyak", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-07"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c159543b-fb2b-4b68-82c0-6097f8197106"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a4aa72f38b353ad67f516e404bbdee82aa144200412351d747efd306d774e36a"
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 HB 5455 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 334** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05455-R000334-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 634** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05455-R000634-FC.PDF)
3. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05455-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05455-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 24-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/SA/PDF/2024SA-00004-R00HB-05455-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Peter A. Tercyak — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0312
- **2024-03-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 229
- **2024-04-08** FILE NO. 334
- **2024-04-29** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-29** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 396
- **2024-05-01** FILE NO. 634
- **2024-05-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-17** SPECIAL ACT 24-4
- **2024-05-23** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-23** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** 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/c159543b-fb2b-4b68-82c0-6097f8197106`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).