republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/hb-5781.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE OF A PROPOSED INVOLUNTARY TRANSFER OR DISCHARGE OF A NURSING FACILITY RESIDENT, FAMILY COUNCILS IN MANAGED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, COORDINATION OF DEMENTIA SERVICES, NURSING HOME TRANSPARENCY AND HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE OF A PROPOSED INVOLUNTARY TRANSFER OR DISCHARGE OF A NURSING FACILITY RESIDENT, FAMILY COUNCILS IN MANAGED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, COORDINATION OF DEMENTIA SERVICES, NURSING HOME TRANSPARENCY AND HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5781"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5781 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising", "Advocates", "Aging and Disability Services", "Department of", "Assisted living services", "Complaint", "Consumer Protection Department", "Elderly persons", "Fines (Penalties)", "Homemaker-companion agencies", "Long Term Care Ombudsman", "Office of", "Managed residential communities", "Mental illness", "Notices", "Nursing home patients", "Nursing homes", "Policy and Management", "Office of", "Public Health", "Department of", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "Studies", "Women", "Children", "Seniors", "Equity and Opportunity", "Commission on"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackert, Tim", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Figueroa, Anabel D.", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gordon, Jeff", "Haines, Irene M.", "Hochadel, Jan", "Hwang, Tony", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Kissel, John A.", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Sampson, Rob", "Veach, Donna", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0236412e-e713-4e26-a772-632bd8d17b27"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e6dbdd4a35e67482518c144af82a716f87763421dde233f89cbbb8124ef48891"
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 5781 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE OF A PROPOSED INVOLUNTARY TRANSFER OR DISCHARGE OF A NURSING FACILITY RESIDENT, FAMILY COUNCILS IN MANAGED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, COORDINATION OF DEMENTIA SERVICES, NURSING HOME TRANSPARENCY AND HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **AGE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05781-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 52** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05781-R000052-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 845** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05781-R000845-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00048-R00HB-05781-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05781-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Anabel D. — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gordon, Jeff — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Hochadel, Jan — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Aging `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0202
- **2023-03-01** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/13/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 56
- **2023-03-14** FILE NO. 52
- **2023-05-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 575
- **2023-06-01** FILE NO. 845
- **2023-06-02** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-06** PUBLIC ACT 23-48
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** 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/0236412e-e713-4e26-a772-632bd8d17b27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).