To provide funding to establish a Word War II museum and education center in the town of East Hartford to memorialize the contributions and sacrifices of the veterans of World War II.
To provide funding for the restoration and renovation of the historic Pinney House in the town of Ellington, support local historical education and provide civic space for residents.
To prohibit the production and distribution of "deepfake" intimate images that are generated without the consent of the individual depicted, establish criminal penalties for violations of such prohibition and make civil remedies available for victims.
To streamline the accreditation process for health care provider continuing medical education courses and ensure such courses are responsive to local health care needs while maintaining rigorous standards.
To address the economic and racial inequities facing direct service providers by increasing state funding to improve wages and strengthen the workforce that supports the state's intellectually and developmentally disabled residents.
To: (1) Require the Insurance Department to conduct regular audits of health insurance companies to ensure compliance with the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, P.L. 110-343, as amended from time to time, and regulations adopted thereunder, and the mental health parity laws and regulations in this state; and (2) establish a …
To: (1) Establish a dental loss ratio of not less than eighty-three per cent for any dental insurance policy issued in this state; (2) require any dental insurer that fails to satisfy such dental loss ratio to issue rebates to covered persons of an amount that results in such dental insurer satisfying such dental loss ratio; and (3) establish expenditure …
To prevent abrupt service interruptions and ensure the continuity of health care services at hospitals and allow the state to coordinate long-term solutions when a hospital is in financial distress or experiencing an operational crisis.
To require that any self-funded municipality in this state provide health insurance coverage for breast cancer screening services, including mammograms, tomosynthesis, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasounds.
To (1) require case-by-case municipal opting out of allowing accessory apartments as of right, (2) establish a program incentivizing the conversion of vacant commercial properties into residential or mixed-use developments, (3) allow tenants to petition the court to seal certain eviction records, (4) establish a Fair Housing Office to promote equitable access to housing, and (5) offer mediation services to …
To expand the authority of the Attorney General and Commissioner of Health Strategy to regulate private equity ownership of certain health care facilities and restrict self-dealing property transactions.
To (1) require the written knowledge test for a motor vehicle operator's license to be administered in additional languages; (2) require the instruction manual for motor vehicle operation to be available in such additional languages; and (3) permit a non-English-speaking applicant to use a translator during the on-the-road skills test.
To establish within the Department of Public Health an Office of Oversight of Health Care in Correctional Institutions to oversee the delivery of health care services to inmates in correctional institutions.
To address and mitigate potential conflicts between municipalities and the State Employees Retirement Commission concerning the procedures of and municipal retirement contributions to the Connecticut municipal employees' retirement system.
To ensure greater accountability and protect residents from unfair pricing practices by the insurance, pharmaceutical, pharmacy benefit management and utility sectors that compromise affordability and access to critical services.
To ensure that a health insurer is held accountable for the insurer's role in restricting timely patient access to necessary health care treatment, while shielding a licensed medical professional from undue legal risks associated with the delay.
To establish a cat redemption pilot program within the Department of Correction for the well-being of persons who are incarcerated and to provide a solution to the problem of abandoned and stray cats.
To require that health carriers (1) collect any coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense due and owing for a covered benefit that the health care provider provided to the insured, and (2) pay, after a certain period of time, such unpaid out-of-pocket expense due and owing for such covered benefit.
To: (1) Establish a four-year moratorium on long-term care insurance premium rate increases; (2) require that the Insurance Department hold a public hearing for long-term care premium rate increase requests that exceed five per cent; (3) establish a personal income tax deduction for individual long-term care insurance policyholders for whom the premium rate for such policy increased by more than …
To authorize the state to impose a fee on health insurers that issue Medicare Advantage plans in the state to recoup certain health care costs for services provided to Medicaid-Medicare beneficiaries in the state.
To (1) allow any municipal employee, including, but not limited to, teachers, to participate in the state employee health plan, while maintaining the decision-making power of local collective bargaining units; and (2) require that the state provide to municipal employers transparent communication regarding costs to municipal employees who choose to participate in the state employee health plan.
To allow any covered person under a health insurance policy that is the subject of a health care contract dispute between such covered person's health care provider and the health insurer, resulting in such health care provider being deemed out-of-network, to terminate such policy and enroll in a new health insurance policy that provides in-network coverage, without any early termination …
To ensure that state residents have a safe and convenient way to dispose of sharps, thereby preventing potential harm to sanitation workers, the public and the environment and to support the broader public health and environmental safety efforts by addressing the growing need for safe sharps management in conjunction with existing prescription drug disposal programs.
To provide that certain persons who are licensed, registered or doing business in this state shall not manufacture, compound, sell, test, distribute, dispense or supply any drug or medical device for the purpose of executing the death penalty.
To establish a tax on political committees and candidate committees that raise and spend funds in the state and to dedicate the revenue generated from such tax to the support of the Citizens' Election Program and other elections-related endeavors.
To amend the general statutes to allow the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to (1) review the terms of any power purchase agreement entered into or approved by the commissioner and a nuclear power generating facility on or before July 1, 2024, (2) require the disclosure of any contracts or other financial arrangements entered into by a nuclear power …
To (1) create an office within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to provide technical and operational support for any municipality that has established or seeks to establish a municipal electric utility, and (2) establish the Municipal Utility Investment Fund to provide grants or low-interest loans to municipalities that seek to acquire, build, expand or improve municipal electric utility …
To (1) require that the Public Utility Regulatory Authority be composed of not fewer than five members, one of whom has personal experience with a disability and one of whom with an annual income less than the state median income, and (2) to prohibit current or former employees of, or current or former lobbyists for, any public utility company in …
To (1) allow municipalities with three or more existing commercial solar photovoltaic facilities located within such municipality to impose a moratorium on the construction or installation of such facilities within such municipality, (2) allow municipalities to conduct noise audits and impose penalties for noise violations at commercial solar photovoltaic facilities, and (3) require that any developer, owner or manager of …
To allocate funding received by the state under the American Rescue Plan Act for the purpose of paying systems benefits charges accrued by electric distribution companies in connection with hardship protection measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To establish a fund to act as a financial safety net to address unexpected shortfalls in public health funding and ensure the Department of Public Health's ability to respond to the health care needs of state residents and provide a continuity of essential public health services.
To: (1) Expand the capacity of the office of the Attorney General to investigate and enforce conduct related to health insurance practices by health carriers that impact access to health care, inflate consumer costs or violate federal or state law; and (2) require that said office submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance …
To provide funding to the town of South Windsor to renovate the John J. Mitchell Fairgrounds, including development of an event space for the community, installation of utilities and construction of a pavilion.
To provide funding for the development of a water storage facility in the town of South Windsor to support emergency responses to residential fires and other disasters, ensure a reliable water supply for farms and livestock, prepare for droughts and extreme weather events and address infrastructure gaps in rural parts of said town.
