---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID PROVIDER AUDITS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID PROVIDER AUDITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5354"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5354 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Audits", "Grievances", "Medicaid", "Pharmacies", "Social Services", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Gucker", "Nicole Klarides-ditria", "Saud Anwar", "Tom Delnicki", "Tracy Marra"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/757b0d63-2a40-472e-add9-9f810e9d8b2c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "678ea1865b2290e65f62ac00efafa227ebfd06537d711fac14d53bc7cfa145d0"
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 5354 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID PROVIDER AUDITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **FIN Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05354-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 413** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05354-R000413-FC.PDF)
3. **HS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05354-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-143** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00143-R00HB-05354-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05354-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **133–10** (pass) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Nicole Klarides-ditria — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- Tracy Marra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2026-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-07** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-07** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 297
- **2026-04-07** FILE NO. 413
- **2026-04-14** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding
- **2026-04-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-20** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding
- **2026-04-20** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 519
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2026-05-06** POTENTIAL DISAGREEING ACTION, TABLED CAL. HO.
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-143
- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-02** 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/757b0d63-2a40-472e-add9-9f810e9d8b2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).