republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2021/sb-660.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXPANDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENTS SUFFERED BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN CONNECTION WITH COVID-19."
description: "AN ACT EXPANDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENTS SUFFERED BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN CONNECTION WITH COVID-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 660"
citation: "Connecticut SB 660 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)", "Correctional institution employees", "Emergency personnel", "Emotionally disturbed persons", "Health care providers", "Mental illness", "Post-traumatic stress disorders", "Public safety telecommunicators", "Workers' compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Borer, Dorinda", "Candelora, Vincent J.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Doucette, Jason", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Formica, Paul M.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haines, Irene M.", "Hall, Carol", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Kissel, John A.", "Looney, Martin M.", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Mcgorty, Ben", "Michel, David", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Parker, John-michael", "Perillo, Jason", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Quinn, Michael D", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Sampson, Rob", "Simms, Travis", "Smith, Brian T.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Yaccarino, Dave W.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4686dfe4-5017-4e8e-881c-dd0c41f98873"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cd4235bdf691d697151a70750cd5078fb97b85e808b2d04a64540d19982ea981"
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 SB 660 (2021) — AN ACT EXPANDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENTS SUFFERED BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN CONNECTION WITH COVID-19.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00660-R03-SB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00660-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **File No. 446** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00660-R000446-FC.PDF)
4. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00660-R02-SB.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00660-R00-SB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 21-107** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00107-R00SB-00660-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Candelora, Vincent J. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Quinn, Michael D — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0218
- **2021-02-25** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-23** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** 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., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-14** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 268
- **2021-04-14** FILE NO. 446
- **2021-04-28** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-05-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-05-05** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-26** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-26** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-26** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 556
- **2021-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-18** PUBLIC ACT 21-107
- **2021-06-21** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-21** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-30** 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/4686dfe4-5017-4e8e-881c-dd0c41f98873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).