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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT CONCERNING TELEHEALTH."
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description: "AN ACT CONCERNING TELEHEALTH."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
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legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 5596"
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citation: "Connecticut HB 5596 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)", "Health insurance", "Marijuana", "Medicaid", "Public Health", "Department of", "Reports", "Studies", "Telemedicine"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Conley, Christine", "Dathan, Lucy", "Delnicki, Tom", "Elliott, Josh", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Kushner, Julie", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Lopes, Rick", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Petit, William A.", "Smith, Frank", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Young, Philip L."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2021-01-26"
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last_action: "2021-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/189b27d3-9042-48cc-9383-0dc7b1d9049a"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
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source_hash: "ddfeb69f81c6d569ec07b2d29957241a3ea522e55b301a1e1baf3b29e51155c6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
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---
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# Connecticut HB 5596 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING TELEHEALTH.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **File No. 256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05596-R000256-FC.PDF)
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2. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05596-R01-HB.PDF)
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3. **Public Act No. 21-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00009-R00HB-05596-PA.PDF)
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4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05596-R00-HB.PDF)
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## Sponsors
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- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
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- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
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- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
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- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
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- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
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- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
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- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
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- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
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- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
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- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
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- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
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- Lopes, Rick — primary (person)
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- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
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- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
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- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
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- Smith, Frank — primary (person)
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- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
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- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
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- **2021-03-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-19** FILED WITH LCO
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- **2021-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/06/21
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- **2021-04-06** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
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- **2021-04-06** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
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- **2021-04-06** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 210
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- **2021-04-06** FILE NO. 256
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- **2021-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
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- **2021-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
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- **2021-05-04** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO SENATE
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- **2021-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
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- **2021-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 376
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- **2021-05-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
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- **2021-05-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
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- **2021-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
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- **2021-05-05** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR
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- **2021-05-06** RULES SUSPENDED
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- **2021-05-10** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-12** PUBLIC ACT 21-9
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- **2021-05-13** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/189b27d3-9042-48cc-9383-0dc7b1d9049a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
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