republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5481.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO TREAT CERTAIN MEDICAID PATIENTS AT A SHORT-TERM HOSPITAL SPECIAL HOSPICE.	AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO TREAT CERTAIN MEDICAID PATIENTS AT A SHORT-TERM HOSPITAL SPECIAL HOSPICE.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	HB 5481	Connecticut HB 5481 (2026)	bill	Hospice services Medicaid Reports Social Services Department of State medical assistance program	enacted	Christine Cohen Hilda E. Santiago Jaime S. Foster Laurie Sweet Nicholas Menapace Nick Gauthier Robin E. Comey Saud Anwar Tom Delnicki	4	22	2	2026-03-05	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/24efa1ff-9002-4330-96c0-7c9578956c92	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	baa416eeef157ecc3e1e76c10dbdef03db371d7e4f2ada009c9c35990e7ce7d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5481 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO TREAT CERTAIN MEDICAID PATIENTS AT A SHORT-TERM HOSPITAL SPECIAL HOSPICE.

Version chain

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

1. File No. 426 (committee substitute) — source
2. HS Joint Favorable (committee substitute) — source
3. Public Act No. 26-71 (committee substitute) — source
4. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Roll Call Vote — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 149–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Christine Cohen — primary (person)
• Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
• Jaime S. Foster — primary (person)
• Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
• Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
• Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
• Robin E. Comey — primary (person)
• Saud Anwar — primary (person)
• Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-05 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 PUBLIC HEARING 0310
• 2026-03-19 Joint Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-03-30 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 referral
• 2026-04-07 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-07 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-04-07 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 310
• 2026-04-07 FILE NO. 426
• 2026-05-04 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-05-04 HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-05-04 TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
• 2026-05-04 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-05-04 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 540
• 2026-05-05 RULES SUSPENDED
• 2026-05-05 SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-05-05 SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-05-05 IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-19 PUBLIC ACT 26-71
• 2026-05-22 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-22 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-06-02 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24efa1ff-9002-4330-96c0-7c9578956c92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).