---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXAMINATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXAMINATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6643"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6643 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child mental", "emotional and behavioral health", "Health insurance", "Medicaid", "Mental health services", "School health services", "Social Services", "Department of", "Suicide"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Delnicki, Tom", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Pizzuto, William", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8d4b16f-627e-47dc-9ac3-7d193ba2a5f2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1fb928a4c1702229ac9dcfde7f929d03df04523827d467fe62dac2065d6b2419"
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 6643 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXAMINATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06643-R000058-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 791** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06643-R000791-FC.PDF)
3. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06643-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **KID Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06643-R01-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 23-148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00148-R00HB-06643-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06643-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** PUBLIC HEARING 0216
- **2023-03-02** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** 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., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 62
- **2023-03-14** FILE NO. 58
- **2023-04-12** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Human Services
- **2023-04-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-17** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-17** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Human Services
- **2023-04-17** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 524
- **2023-05-19** FILE NO. 791
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-148
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 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/b8d4b16f-627e-47dc-9ac3-7d193ba2a5f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).