republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/hb-6669.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT PROTECTING PATIENTS AND PROHIBITING UNNECESSARY HEALTH CARE COSTS."
description: "AN ACT PROTECTING PATIENTS AND PROHIBITING UNNECESSARY HEALTH CARE COSTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6669"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6669 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Comptroller", "Consumer Protection Department", "Drug manufacturers", "Drugs", "Fees", "Fines (Penalties)", "Governor's bills", "HUSKY plan", "Health Strategy", "Office of", "Health care facilities certificate of need process", "Health care providers", "Health insurance", "Hospital rates", "Insurance Department", "Medical care", "Medical expenses", "Medicare", "Notices", "Occupational licenses", "Pharmaceutical industry", "Pharmacy benefits managers", "Prices", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "State purchasing", "State regulations", "specific", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Bumgardner, Aundre", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Elliott, Josh", "Godfrey, Bob", "Hughes, Anne M.", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Parker, John-michael", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Wood, Kerry S."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb42def4-fb44-40b3-a8c4-b08575905c76"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4ab73dc22bc7a1eea8b7c73617e778ecb8c2fb7bf15880936e51ce894cd97519"
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 6669 (2023) — AN ACT PROTECTING PATIENTS AND PROHIBITING UNNECESSARY HEALTH CARE COSTS.

## 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/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06669-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 453** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06669-R000453-FC.PDF)
3. **GL Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06669-R03-HB.PDF)
4. **Governor's Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06669-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06669-R01-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 23-171** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00171-R00HB-06669-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2023-03-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-05** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 290
- **2023-04-05** FILE NO. 453
- **2023-04-25** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-01** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-02** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-02** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON General Law
- **2023-05-16** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-16** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON General Law
- **2023-05-16** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-06-06** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2023-06-06** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-06** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 618
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-21** PUBLIC ACT 23-171
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 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/eb42def4-fb44-40b3-a8c4-b08575905c76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).