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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A MENTAL HEALTH BILL OF RIGHTS FOR DEAF, DEAFBLIND AND HARD OF HEARING PERSONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A MENTAL HEALTH BILL OF RIGHTS FOR DEAF, DEAFBLIND AND HARD OF HEARING PERSONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6637"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6637 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Blind and visually impaired persons", "Deaf and hearing impaired persons", "Mental Health and Addiction Services", "Department of", "Mental health services", "State regulations", "specific"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook, Michelle L.", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Fusco, John", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Mastrofrancesco, Gale L.", "Meskers, Stephen R", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Petit, William A.", "Sampson, Rob", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Scott, Tony J"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0067be39-3964-4dd7-a463-dfaca02692eb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8aa638e8ef9e7ffa17a727a7b463473149372da025a4f3524a38393a8dbe4f42"
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 6637 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING A MENTAL HEALTH BILL OF RIGHTS FOR DEAF, DEAFBLIND AND HARD OF HEARING PERSONS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 509** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06637-R000509-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 712** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06637-R000712-FC.PDF)
3. **HS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06637-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-72** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00072-R00HB-06637-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06637-R00-HB.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Fusco, John — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Mastrofrancesco, Gale L. — primary (person)
- Meskers, Stephen R — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Scott, Tony J — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0325
- **2021-04-01** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-12** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/19/21
- **2021-04-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 376
- **2021-04-19** FILE NO. 509
- **2021-05-19** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-19** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-19** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-21** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 472
- **2021-05-21** FILE NO. 712
- **2021-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 21-72
- **2021-06-16** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-16** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-28** 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/0067be39-3964-4dd7-a463-dfaca02692eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).