republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2022/hb-5001.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5001"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5001 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory bodies", "Alcoholism treatment", "Appropriations", "Behavioral health services", "Boards of education", "Child health services", "Child mental health services", "Child mental", "emotional and behavioral health", "Children and Families", "Department of", "Children's general hospitals", "College students", "Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority", "Counseling", "Crime victims compensation", "Drug abuse treatment", "Drugs", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Education Department", "Emergency communications", "Emergency medical services", "Family violence prevention and response", "Federal aid", "Grants by the state", "HUSKY plan", "Health Strategy", "Office of", "Health care facilities certificate of need process", "Health insurance", "Health insurance rates", "Healthcare Advocate", "Office of the", "Higher Education", "Office of", "Institution of higher education", "Insurance Department", "Juvenile detention centers", "Master social workers", "Mastery examinations", "Medical expenses", "Mental Health and Addiction Services", "Department of", "Mental health facilities", "Mental health services", "Mentally ill persons", "Outpatient psychiatric clinics for children", "Professional licenses", "Psychiatry and psychiatrists", "Psychology and psychologists", "Public Health", "Department of", "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", "Public safety answering points", "Reciprocity", "Regional educational service centers", "Reports", "Respite care", "Scholarships", "School employees", "School health services", "Social Services", "Department of", "Social workers", "Special education", "State funds", "State regulations", "specific", "Strategic school profile reports", "Student community services", "Student loans", "Student truancy", "Studies", "Suicide", "Summer learning programs", "Telecommunications services", "Telemedicine", "University of Connecticut", "Waterbury", "Youth camps", "Youth service bureaus"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Ackert, Tim", "Allie-brennan, Raghib", "Anwar, Saud", "Arconti, David", "Arnone, Tom", "Arora, Harry", "Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Borer, Dorinda", "Buckbee, Bill", "Cabrera, Jorge", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Carney, Devin R.", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Cassano, Steve", "Chafee, Brandon", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cicarella, Paul", "Comey, Robin E.", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Conley, Christine", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Currey, Jeff", "Dathan, Lucy", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Demicco, Mike", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Doucette, Jason", "Duff, Bob", "Elliott, Josh", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Farrar, Kate", "Felipe, Antonio", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Formica, Paul M.", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Goupil, Christine", "Green, Robin", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hall, Carol", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hampton, John K.", "Haskell, Will", "Horn, Maria P.", "Hwang, Tony", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Khan, Maryam", "Kissel, John A.", "Leeper, Jennifer", "Lemar, Roland J.", "Linehan, Liz", "Lopes, Rick", "Luxenberg, Geoff", "Maroney, James J.", "Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Mcgee, Trenee", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Palm, Christine", "Paris, Corey P.", "Parker, John-michael", "Perillo, Jason", "Perone, Chris", "Petit, William A.", "Pizzuto, William", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Quinn, Michael D", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rojas, Jason", "Rutigliano, David", "Ryan, Kevin", "Sampson, Rob", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Scott, Tony J", "Simms, Travis", "Slap, Derek", "Smith, Brian T.", "Smith, Frank", "Somers, Heather S.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Thomas, Stephanie", "Turco, Gary A.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Veach, Donna", "Welander, Mary", "Williams, Quentin", "Winfield, Gary A.", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Yaccarino, Dave W.", "Young, Philip L.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c92d704-8ecb-49e7-abbe-bd5bfc92329d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "64a7b9e0ba3cbc54f6cb2849b5f108d6b44ee7a57aaa99eb1f85b4edd016fbfa"
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 5001 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH.

## 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/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05001-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 371** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05001-R000371-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 676** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05001-R000676-FC.PDF)
4. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05001-R01-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 22-47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00047-R00HB-05001-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05001-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
- Allie-brennan, Raghib — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Arconti, David — primary (person)
- Arnone, Tom — primary (person)
- Arora, Harry — primary (person)
- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Cabrera, Jorge — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Chafee, Brandon — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Demicco, Mike — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Goupil, Christine — primary (person)
- Green, Robin — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Haskell, Will — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Khan, Maryam — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Leeper, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Lemar, Roland J. — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Lopes, Rick — primary (person)
- Luxenberg, Geoff — primary (person)
- Maroney, James J. — primary (person)
- Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Mcgee, Trenee — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Paris, Corey P. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Perone, Chris — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Quinn, Michael D — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Scott, Tony J — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Smith, Frank — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Thomas, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Welander, Mary — primary (person)
- Williams, Quentin — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** PUBLIC HEARING 0225
- **2022-03-25** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/06/22 `referral`
- **2022-04-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-07** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 261
- **2022-04-07** FILE NO. 371
- **2022-04-13** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2022-04-18** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-18** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-18** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2022-04-18** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-27** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 522
- **2022-04-29** FILE NO. 676
- **2022-05-03** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-05-03** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-10** PUBLIC ACT 22-47
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-23** 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/1c92d704-8ecb-49e7-abbe-bd5bfc92329d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).