republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/sb-989.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING NONPROFIT PROVIDER RETENTION OF CONTRACT SAVINGS, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT AND STUDIES OF MEDICAID RATES OF REIMBURSEMENT, NURSING HOME TRANSPORTATION AND NURSING HOME WAITING LISTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING NONPROFIT PROVIDER RETENTION OF CONTRACT SAVINGS, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT AND STUDIES OF MEDICAID RATES OF REIMBURSEMENT, NURSING HOME TRANSPORTATION AND NURSING HOME WAITING LISTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 989"
citation: "Connecticut SB 989 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air conditioning", "Community-based health care services", "Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority", "Fines (Penalties)", "Grants by the state", "Loans by the state", "Long Term Care Ombudsman", "Office of", "Medicaid", "Nursing home employees", "Nursing home patients", "Nursing homes", "Public Health", "Department of", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "State funds", "State regulations", "specific", "Studies", "Transportation and the elderly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Doucette, Jason", "Farrar, Kate", "Gaston, Herron", "Gordon, Jeff", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kissel, John A.", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Pizzuto, William", "Sampson, Rob", "Seminara, Lisa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/008c2f2d-04a9-408e-bb8f-d303a3419b6e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2b75121fd1b613dcaa9fc98930e330c3ec945b5a19e215cacc0c22b50f3a396e"
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 989 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING NONPROFIT PROVIDER RETENTION OF CONTRACT SAVINGS, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT AND STUDIES OF MEDICAID RATES OF REIMBURSEMENT, NURSING HOME TRANSPORTATION AND NURSING HOME WAITING LISTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 554** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00989-R000554-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00989-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00989-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-186** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00186-R00SB-00989-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00989-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Gaston, Herron — primary (person)
- Gordon, Jeff — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Seminara, Lisa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** PUBLIC HEARING 0216
- **2023-03-28** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 326
- **2023-04-13** FILE NO. 554
- **2023-05-03** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2023-05-09** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-09** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2023-05-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-25** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2023-05-26** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 604
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2023-06-07** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-21** PUBLIC ACT 23-186
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** 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/008c2f2d-04a9-408e-bb8f-d303a3419b6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).