republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5567.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5567"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5567 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correction Department", "Correctional institutions", "Disclosure", "Electronic government information", "Electronic records", "Hearings", "Medical care", "Medical records", "Mental health services", "Nurses", "Patients' advocates", "Plans", "Prisoner ombudsman services", "Prisoners", "Reports", "Student loans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Morrin Bello", "Anne M. Hughes", "Antonio Felipe", "Aundre Bumgardner", "Christopher Rosario", "Heather S. Somers", "Hubert D. Delany", "Jillian Gilchrest", "John A. Kissel", "Julie Kushner", "Kenneth Gucker", "Laurie Sweet", "Marcus Brown", "Maryam Khan", "Matt Blumenthal", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Patricia Billie Miller", "Paul Cicarella", "Renee Lamark Muir", "Robin E. Comey", "Roland J. Lemar", "Saud Anwar", "Stephen G. Harding", "Steven J. Stafstrom", "Steven Winter", "Tom Delnicki", "Travis Simms"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85727798-a85b-4804-a50e-6ecb467eaccd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "bdad7e871c8197ed0eb28f8472a559f76048d1c835c21fa101dcb17b77f6a154"
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 5567 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.

## 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/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05567-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 602** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05567-R000602-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 750** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05567-R000750-FC.PDF)
4. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05567-R01-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 26-40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00040-R00HB-05567-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05567-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **148–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Morrin Bello — primary (person)
- Anne M. Hughes — primary (person)
- Antonio Felipe — primary (person)
- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Christopher Rosario — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Jillian Gilchrest — primary (person)
- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- Julie Kushner — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Marcus Brown — primary (person)
- Maryam Khan — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
- Renee Lamark Muir — primary (person)
- Robin E. Comey — primary (person)
- Roland J. Lemar — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
- Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)
- Steven Winter — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- Travis Simms — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0318
- **2026-03-24** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-13** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 405
- **2026-04-13** FILE NO. 602
- **2026-04-23** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2026-04-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-27** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-27** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2026-04-27** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-29** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-29** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 490
- **2026-04-30** FILE NO. 750
- **2026-05-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-40
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-26** 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/85727798-a85b-4804-a50e-6ecb467eaccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).