republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2021/hb-5677.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5677"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5677 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime prevention", "Family violence prevention and response", "Medicaid", "Occupations", "Public Health", "Department of", "Social Services", "Department of", "Violence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Anwar, Saud", "Baker, Andre F.", "Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Buckbee, Bill", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cicarella, Paul", "Currey, Jeff", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Elliott, Josh", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Hughes, Anne M.", "Leeper, Jennifer", "Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Parker, John-michael", "Petit, William A.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rochelle, Kara", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Slap, Derek", "Winfield, Gary A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Terrie E."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c623ae4-25a9-4125-8e8d-64c5ebf735f6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "32c5378ca1d906519bcf3e73cd756dcf4b79e53ae1e7abb074e0979d25e66856"
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 5677 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05677-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 427** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05677-R000427-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 747** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05677-R000747-FC.PDF)
4. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05677-R02-HB.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05677-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 21-36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00036-R00HB-05677-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Baker, Andre F. — primary (person)
- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)
- Leeper, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Change of Reference PH
- **2021-02-05** CHG. REF., HOUSE TO COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** CHG. REF., SEN. TO COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-17** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** PUBLIC HEARING 0324
- **2021-03-26** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/21
- **2021-04-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 319
- **2021-04-14** FILE NO. 427
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-27** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 516
- **2021-05-27** FILE NO. 747
- **2021-06-02** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-02** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-07** PUBLIC ACT 21-36
- **2021-06-08** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-08** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-14** 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/7c623ae4-25a9-4125-8e8d-64c5ebf735f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).