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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO TREAT CERTAIN MEDICAID PATIENTS AT A SHORT-TERM HOSPITAL SPECIAL HOSPICE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO TREAT CERTAIN MEDICAID PATIENTS AT A SHORT-TERM HOSPITAL SPECIAL HOSPICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5481"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5481 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospice services", "Medicaid", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "State medical assistance program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christine Cohen", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Jaime S. Foster", "Laurie Sweet", "Nicholas Menapace", "Nick Gauthier", "Robin E. Comey", "Saud Anwar", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24efa1ff-9002-4330-96c0-7c9578956c92"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "baa416eeef157ecc3e1e76c10dbdef03db371d7e4f2ada009c9c35990e7ce7d1"
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 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](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05481-R000426-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05481-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-71** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00071-R00HB-05481-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05481-R00-HB.PDF)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **1490** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24efa1ff-9002-4330-96c0-7c9578956c92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).