July 9, 2010 |
2010-R-0289 | |
2010 REGULAR AND SPECIAL SESSION BILL TRACKING REPORT | ||
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By: Robin K. Cohen, Principal Analyst James Orlando, Legislative Analyst | ||
This report lists the bills considered during the General Assembly's 2010 regular session and the 2010 June Special Session whose provisions were enacted under another bill number.
The provisions of many bills that die in committee or on the calendar become law after (1) the original committee incorporates them in another bill that receives a favorable report or (2) the concept is adopted as an amendment and incorporated in another bill. This report includes bills whose language may have changed in the final enactment from that of the original committee bill or file, but that represent the legislature's final action on the matter taken during the 2010 regular session and June Special Session.
During the two sessions, the content or concept of 86 bills that started as separate legislation was later incorporated in other bills that passed. Of those, the governor vetoed six, one of which (PA 10-106) was overridden. Table 1 lists the original bills in numeric order and shows the public act that included their provisions. Table 2 lists the bills by the committee of origin.
Table 1: Bill Tracking by Original Bill Number
Originated As Bill # |
Enacted as Public Act # |
Brief Explanation of Concept |
22 § 1 and 450 § 3 |
10-75 §§ 6-7 |
Establishes a revolving loan program for small businesses and nonprofit organizations funded with up to $15 million in bonds that have been already authorized for Manufacturing Assistance Act (MAA) projects |
23 §§ 1-2 and 5209 §§ 1-2 |
10-75 §§ 8, 10 |
Authorizes insurance premium, corporation business, and personal income tax credits for small businesses (fewer than 50 employees in Connecticut) creating new full-time jobs |
24 § 1 |
10-75 § 11 |
Exempts from the sales and use tax items sold, stored, used, or consumed in the renewable and clean energy technology industries |
26 |
10-179 § 57 |
Reallocates expenditures from the Boating Account |
27 |
10-44 |
Authorizes special tax obligation bonds for environmental clean-up at rest areas on major highways |
32 § 25 (committee substitute) |
10-185 |
Specifies uses of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Funds |
32 § 29 |
10-3 § 8 |
Increases HUSKY B premiums for Band 2 enrollees |
32 § 30 |
10-3 § 28; 10-179 § 49 |
Places limits on eye care in Department of Social Services (DSS) medical assistance programs |
32 § 31 |
10-3 § 12; 10-1, JSS |
Eliminates most over-the-counter drug coverage in DSS medical assistance programs |
32 § 32 |
10-3 § 9 |
Eliminates state payment of attorney fees for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) appeals |
32 §§ 36, 67; 5296 |
10-3 §§ 22, 27 |
Changes definition of medical necessity |
32 § 43 |
10-3 § 25 |
Requires DSS to add tuberculosis coverage in Medicaid program |
32 § 44 |
10-179 § 59 |
Changes open enrollment period deadline in ConnPACE |
32 §§ 48, 60, 68 |
10-179 § 22; 10-1, JSS §§ 32-34 |
Statutorily eliminates HUSKY Plus; restores HUSKY Plus |
32 § 51 |
10-3 § 11 |
Eliminates premium assistance in Charter Oak Health Plan |
32 §§ 67-68 |
10-179 § 160 |
Repeals five miscellaneous sections of DSS statutes, including HUSKY Plus |
32, various sections |
10-179, various sections |
Converts the HUSKY program from managed care organization-based to administrative services organization-based model |
66 |
10-110 § 33 |
Exempts from laws applying to motor vehicles in livery service a motor vehicle operated by or through a community-based regional transportation system for the visually impaired |
82, 115, 116, 5038, and 5080 |
10-3, various sections |
Decreases fees for resident and nonresident hunting, fishing, and other sportsman's licenses; caps camping and state park fees |
116 |
10-99 |
Requires the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue permits allowing hunting of deer by revolver under certain conditions |
122 |
10-106 (VETOED; OVERRIDDEN) |
Creates a group fishing license for tax-exempt organizations for group fishing events for certain individuals, including disabled veterans |
174 § 1 |
10-158 § 9 |
Requires the DEP to adopt water quality standards in regulations |
175 §§ 1-2 and 308 § 127 |
10-75 §§ 19-20 |
Establishes a 21-member council to promote the state's major industry clusters |
191 |
10-110 § 25 |
Makes void and unenforceable any provision, clause, covenant, or agreement in a “motor carrier transportation contract” that indemnifies, defends, or holds harmless an “indemnitee” from or against liability for loss or damage his or her negligence of intentional acts or omissions caused |
197 |
10-111 |
Modifies the in-school suspension law |
221 |
10-58 |
Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) personnel, medical, or similar files about current or former employees of the (1) Department of Correction (DOC), including members and employees of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and (2) Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to people in DOC custody or supervision or confined in a facility of the Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital |
262 |
10-117 §§ 92-93 |
Allows physicians and pharmacists to enter into written collaborative drug therapy management agreements without regard to the health care practice setting or the condition being treated |
270 |
10-117 § 95 |
Requires pharmaceutical and medical manufacturing companies to adopt (1) codes of conduct concerning interactions with health care professionals consistent with existing industry codes and (2) a compliance program |
279 |
10-111 |
Requires at least two credits in world language for high school graduation |
280 |
10-110 |
Increases financial penalties for school bus violations |
307, 323, 5116, and 5211 |
10-75 § 15 |
Authorizes personal income tax credits for people who invest at least $100,000 in Connecticut start-up businesses in specified sectors (i.e., angel investors); credit equals 25% of the cash investment, up to $250,000 |
308 § 1, 395 § 1, and 454 § 1 |
10-75 § 17 |
Requires the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) commissioner to (1) take more steps to promote exports and manufacturing; (2) develop a marketing campaign that promotes Connecticut as a place of innovation; and (3) apply, qualify, and accept federal funds related to economic development |
308, 327, and 395 § 2 |
10-75 § 18 |
Makes export assistance eligible for MAA funds and allows the DECD commissioner to use these funds to promote exporting, including sponsoring export support programs, helping companies access U.S. Department of Commerce export assistance services, and providing export-related marketing material and website improvements |
317 |
10-139 |
Creates certain exceptions to the prohibition against building between the 100-year- and 500-year-flood plain for state-funded housing construction, rehabilitation, or renovation |
340 |
10-110 §§ 34-37 |
Specifies that a “student transportation vehicle” is any vehicle (except a registered school bus) that brings students to or from (1) school, (2) school programs, or (3) school-sponsored events; eliminates the subcategory of “activity vehicles” and the corresponding driver's license endorsement; and changes what constitutes a “carrier” under the motor vehicle law |
341 |
10-110 §§ 38-41 |
Requires the DMV commissioner to conduct criminal background checks of people seeking or renewing a license to conduct a driving school or become a driving instructor, and makes other changes to laws regarding driving schools and instructors |
349 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Establishes that the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) must require the Energy Conservation Management Board, the Renewable Energy Investments Board, and electric companies to establish a program for energy conservation and load management projects in municipalities with enterprise zones ● Requires the program to provide funding at a level equal to 3% of the total collected for the Energy Conservation and Load Management Fund and the Renewable Energy Investment Fund ● Requires the program to include a job training component for existing or potential minority business enterprises |
360 |
10-179 § 38 |
Provides a mechanism for the comptroller to implement flexible spending accounts for state employees |
361 § 11 |
10-1, JSS § 47 |
Modifies definition of nonprime home loan |
389 § 9 and 5021 § 15 |
10-2 |
Changes the circumstances under which the Citizens' Election Program becomes inoperative pursuant to a court ruling and campaign finance laws revert to those in effect prior to the program's passage |
390 |
10-3 § 14 |
Authorizes the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) commissioner, on the state's behalf, to purchase equipment, supplies, material, and services by joining existing purchasing contracts with other states, Connecticut political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, or public consortia |
403 |
10-117 §§ 82-90, 94 |
Establishes the “Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut” as a quasi-public agency for health information technology and health information exchange in the state |
406 |
10-110 § 31 |
Allows driving schools to offer the motor vehicle operator's retraining program |
422, 424, and 473 § 2 |
10-189 |
Extends, from four to seven years, the duration of the DAS pilot program established to create and expand janitorial work opportunities for people with disabilities and disadvantages |
432 |
10-1, JSS §§ 1-2 |
Extends the higher municipal real estate conveyance tax for one year and exempts transactions resulting from foreclosures by sale and short sales |
434 |
10-1, JSS § 27 |
Requires the DECD commissioner, in consultation with the Department of Revenue Services (DRS) commissioner, to evaluate and report every three years on tax credit and abatement programs enacted to recruit and retain businesses |
439 |
10-160 |
Concerns education placements for children in Department of Children and Families (DCF) custody |
440 |
10-111 |
Requires the State Department of Education to collect data to allow school districts to link teacher and principal performance evaluations to their students' academic growth |
441 |
10-111 |
Establishes parent advisory councils for low-achieving schools |
442 |
10-111 |
Allows the State Board of Education to order the education commissioner to replace the board of education in a low-achieving district without a specific legislative authorization |
453 § 3 |
10-158 § 1 |
Requires DEP to prepare a plan for a PILOT program for expediting permits for at least 250 manufacturing or industrial facilities |
453 § 4 |
10-158 § 8 |
Requires DEP to establish a consulting service for helping permit applicants comply with regulatory requirements and standards |
453 § 6 and 5499 § 1 |
10-158 § 10 |
Requires agencies adopting regulations to use, to the extent appropriate, the alternative regulatory methods they identified as part of the required regulatory flexibility analysis |
453 § 8 and 5499 § 2 |
10-158 § 6 |
Requires, instead of allows, DEP to adopt regulations for exempting different types of water discharges from plan and specification submission requirements |
463 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Requires electric companies to establish a program to provide loans for a wide variety of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies installed in the state ● Allows municipalities to establish loan programs for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, and to issue bonds to fund these programs and to collect loan repayments in the same way they collect property taxes ● Establishes various initiatives to promote solar energy |
484 |
10-179 §§ 125-134, 138, 139 |
Authorizes securitization of charges on electric company bills to provide revenue for the state's General Fund |
5016 |
10-179 |
Approves deficiency appropriations for state agencies for FY 10 |
5018 |
10-179 §§ 1-14, 19, 33, 51, 55 |
Approves state budget adjustments for FY 11 |
5020 §1 |
10-151 |
Allows the education commissioner to provide supplemental interdistrict magnet school transportation grants to regional educational service centers for FY 10 |
5020 § 3 |
10-179 §58 |
Reduces extra state funding for the Wintergreen and Edison interdistrict magnet schools |
5025 |
10-75 §§ 1-3 |
Authorizes reimbursements for student loans and training grants for Connecticut residents with educational backgrounds and jobs related to green technology, life science, or health information technology |
5026 |
10-44 § 28 |
Shifts $5 million in general obligation bond authorizations between two projects enumerated in Phase I of the Connecticut State University System (CSUS) 2020 plan |
5031 |
10-171 |
Requires municipalities to take certain actions with respect to evicted tenants' belongings |
5112 |
10-179 § 21 |
Reduces, from 15% to 6%, the co-pay for people participating in the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders |
5118 |
10-100 |
Makes changes to the law on certificates of origin for dogs sold by pet shops |
5165, 5489, and 5492 |
10-111 |
Increases the minimum number of credits required to graduate from high school from 20 to 25 |
5217 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Establishes energy efficiency standards for compact audio players, televisions, DVD players and recorders ● Requires the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) to adopt implementing regulations and to adopt standards for additional products |
5280 |
10-180 |
Eliminates the statute of limitations for perjury in certain circumstances |
5288 |
10-117 § 73 |
Requires hospitals or outpatient surgical facilities to ensure a circulating nurse is assigned to, and present for the duration of, all surgical procedures performed in their operating rooms |
5337 |
10-174 |
● Requires that any insurance producer who sells or negotiates insurance on behalf of an insurer to a municipality or a board of education to, upon request, disclose any fees or compensation the producer receives from the insurer. (Originally, the two bills were very similar except for this provision.) ● Permits two or more municipalities or local or regional boards of education to join together to purchase health insurance for their employees, under certain conditions |
5347 § 7 and 5357 § 6 |
10-75 §§ 22-24 |
Makes technical changes regarding DECD's authority to provide MAA funds to financial institutions employing at least 2,000 people and the eligibility of these institutions for a state-reimbursed property tax exemption |
5367 |
10-66 |
Specifies that for purposes of the veterans' tuition waiver, “service in time of war” does not include time spent attending a military service academy |
5369 §§ 1-2 and 5410 §§ 1-2 |
10-181 §§ 1-2 |
Extends judicial foreclosure mediation program |
5400 |
10-111 |
Expands school district reemployment options for retired teachers collecting pensions from the Teachers' Retirement System |
5421 §§ 1-2 |
10-111 |
Establishes state approval criteria for alternate route to certification programs for school administrators |
5429 § 1 |
10-35 § 1 |
Qualifies municipal and nonprofit agencies for directors' and officers' liability and general liability insurance under an existing brownfield remediation program |
5442 |
10-1, JSS §§ 35-39 |
Changes state election law to comply with the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act and generally (1) allows applications for absentee ballots to be issued and returned by electronic means, (2) allows military and overseas absentee ballots to be issued by electronic means, and (3) makes U.S. citizens who were born overseas but whose parent or guardian was a Connecticut resident before leaving eligible to vote by presidential or overseas ballot in a federal election administered in Connecticut |
5491 |
10-111 |
Adopts various school reform measures to address the achievement gap, including parent-controlled school governance councils, teacher and principal performance evaluations linked to student academic growth, additional data collection, credit recovery programs for students in danger of dropping out of school, requirements to offer advanced placement courses, and a task force to study the achievement gap |
5493 |
10-111 |
Eliminates certain funding and enrollment restrictions for charter schools |
5505 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Requires electric companies to establish rate discounts for low income customers, subject to DPUC approval ● Establishes new mechanisms for electric companies to procure power for their customers who do not choose a competitive supplier |
5506 |
10-171 |
Changes how telecommunications companies' mobile communications property is treated for local property tax purposes |
5507 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Establishes a code of conduct for competitive electric suppliers and aggregators (entities that group customers together to make them more attractive to suppliers) and their agents ● Modifies the information that electric companies and competitive suppliers must include in their bills ● Requires suppliers that do not provide direct billing and collection services for their customers to pay the electric company that provides these services on their behalf |
5520 |
10-1, JSS §§ 4-17 |
Authorizes the conveyance and leasing of various state properties and amends previous conveyances |
Table 2: Bill Tracking by Committee
Originated As Bill # |
Enacted as Public Act # |
Brief Explanation of Concept |
AGING | ||
5112 |
10-179 § 21 |
Reduces, from 15% to 6%, the co-pay for people participating in the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders |
APPROPRIATIONS | ||
360 |
10-179 § 38 |
Provides a mechanism for the comptroller to implement flexible spending accounts for state employees |
5016 |
10-179 |
Approves deficiency appropriations for state agencies for FY 10 |
5018 |
10-179 §§ 1-14, 19, 33, 51, 55 |
Approves state budget adjustments for FY 11 |
5400 |
10-111 |
Expands school district reemployment options for retired teachers collecting pensions from the Teachers' Retirement System |
BANKS | ||
361 § 11 |
10-1, JSS § 47 |
Modifies definition of nonprime home loan |
5410 §§ 1-2 |
10-181 §§ 1-2 |
Extends judicial foreclosure mediation program |
COMMERCE | ||
22 § 1 and 450 § 3 |
10-75 §§ 6-7 |
Establishes a revolving loan program for small businesses and nonprofit organizations funded with up to $15 million in bonds that have been already authorized for MAA projects |
23 §§ 1-2 and 5209 §§ 1-2 |
10-75 §§ 8, 10 |
Authorizes insurance premium, corporation business, and personal income tax credits for small businesses (fewer than 50 employees in Connecticut) creating new full-time jobs |
24 § 1 |
10-75 § 11 |
Exempts from the sales and use tax items sold, stored, used, or consumed in the renewable and clean energy technology industries |
174 § 1 |
10-158 § 9 |
Requires the DEP to adopt water quality standards in regulations |
175 §§ 1-2 and 308 § 127 |
10-75 §§ 19-20 |
Establishes a 21-member council to promote the state's major industry clusters |
307, 323, 5116, and 5211 |
10-75 § 15 |
Authorizes personal income tax credits for people who invest at least $100,000 in Connecticut start-up businesses in specified sectors (i.e., angel investors); credit equals 25% of the cash investment, up to $250,000 |
308 § 1, 395 § 1, and 454 § 1 |
10-75 § 17 |
Requires the DECD commissioner to (1) take more steps to promote exports and manufacturing; (2) develop a marketing campaign that promotes Connecticut as a place of innovation; and (3) apply, qualify, and accept federal funds related to economic development |
308, 327, and 395 § 2 |
10-75 § 18 |
Makes export assistance eligible for MAA funds and allows the DECD commissioner to use these funds to promote exporting, including sponsoring export support programs, helping companies access U.S. Department of Commerce export assistance services, and providing export-related marketing material and website improvements |
453 § 3 |
10-158 § 1 |
Requires DEP to prepare a plan for a PILOT program for expediting permits for at least 250 manufacturing or industrial facilities |
453 § 4 |
10-158 § 8 |
Requires DEP to establish a consulting service for helping permit applicants comply with regulatory requirements and standards |
453 § 6 and 5499 § 1 |
10-158 § 10 |
Requires agencies adopting regulations to use, to the extent appropriate, the alternative regulatory methods they identified as part of the required regulatory flexibility analysis; prior law required them to consider using such methods |
453 § 8 and 5499 § 2 |
10-158 § 6 |
Requires, instead of allows, DEP to adopt regulations for exempting different types of water discharges from plan and specification submission requirements |
5347 § 7 and 5357 § 6 |
10-75 §§ 22-24 |
Makes technical changes regarding DECD's authority to provide MAA funds to financial institutions employing at least 2,000 people and the eligibility of these institutions for a state-reimbursed property tax exemption |
5429 § 1 |
10-35 § 1 |
Qualifies municipal and nonprofit agencies for directors' and officers' liability and general liability insurance under an existing brownfield remediation program |
EDUCATION | ||
197 |
10-111 |
Modifies the in-school suspension law |
279 |
10-111 |
Requires at least two credits in world language for high school graduation |
280 |
10-110 |
Increases financial penalties for school bus violations |
439 |
10-160 |
Concerns education placements for children in DCF custody |
440 |
10-111 |
Requires the State Department of Education to collect data to allow school districts to link teacher and principal performance evaluations to their students' academic growth |
441 |
10-111 |
Establishes parent advisory councils for low-achieving schools |
442 |
10-111 |
Allows the State Board of Education to order the education commissioner to replace the board of education in a low-achieving district without a specific legislative authorization |
5020 §1 |
10-151 |
Allows the education commissioner to provide supplemental interdistrict magnet school transportation grants to regional educational service centers for FY 10 |
5020 § 3 |
10-179 § 58 |
Reduces extra state funding for the Wintergreen and Edison interdistrict magnet schools |
5165, 5489 and 5492 |
10-111 |
Increases the minimum number of credits required to graduate from high school from 20 to 25 |
5337 |
10-174 |
Requires that any insurance producer who sells or negotiates insurance on behalf of an insurer to a municipality or a board of education to, upon request, disclose any fees or compensation the producer receives from the insurer. (Originally, the two bills were very similar except for this provision.) |
5421 §§ 1-2 |
10-111 |
Establishes state approval criteria for alternate route to certification programs for school administrators |
5491 |
10-111 |
Adopts various school reform measures to address the achievement gap, including parent-controlled school governance councils, teacher and principal performance evaluations linked to student academic growth, additional data collection, credit recovery programs for students in danger of dropping out of school, requirements to offer advanced placement courses, and a task force to study the achievement gap |
5493 |
10-111 |
Eliminates certain funding and enrollment restrictions for charter schools |
ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY | ||
349 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Establishes that DPUC must require the Energy Conservation Management Board, the Renewable Energy Investments Board, and electric companies to establish a program for energy conservation and load management projects in municipalities with enterprise zones ● Requires the program to provide funding at a level equal to 3% of the total collected for the Energy Conservation and Load Management Fund and the Renewable Energy Investment Fund ● Requires the program to include a job training component for existing or potential minority business enterprises |
463 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Requires electric companies to establish a program to provide loans for a wide variety of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies installed in the state ● Allows municipalities to establish loan programs for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, and to issue bonds to fund these programs and to collect loan repayments in the same way they collect property taxes ● Establishes various initiatives to promote solar energy |
5217 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Establishes energy efficiency standards for compact audio players, televisions, DVD players and recorders ● Requires OPM to adopt implementing regulations and to adopt standards for additional products |
5505 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Requires electric companies to establish rate discounts for low income customers, subject to DPUC approval ● Establishes new mechanisms for electric companies to procure power for their customers who do not choose a competitive supplier |
5507 |
10-97 (VETOED) |
● Establishes a code of conduct for competitive electric suppliers and aggregators (entities that group customers together to make them more attractive to suppliers) and their agents ● Modifies the information that electric companies and competitive suppliers must include in their bills ● Requires suppliers that do not provide direct billing and collection services for their customers to pay the electric company that provides these services on their behalf |
ENVIRONMENT | ||
82, 115, 116, 5038, and 5080 |
10-3, various sections |
Decreases fees for resident and nonresident hunting, fishing, and other sportsman's licenses; caps camping and state park fees |
116 |
10-99 |
Requires DEP to issue permits allowing hunting of deer by revolver under certain conditions |
122 |
10-106 (VETOED; OVERRIDDEN) |
Creates a group fishing license for tax-exempt organizations for group fishing events for certain individuals, including disabled veterans |
5118 |
10-100 |
Makes changes in the law on certificates of origin for dogs sold by pet shops |
FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING | ||
26 |
10-179 § 57 |
Reallocates expenditures from the Boating Account |
27 |
10-44 |
Authorizes special tax obligation bonds for environmental clean-up at rest areas on major highways |
432 |
10-1, JSS §§ 1-2 |
Extends the higher municipal real estate conveyance tax for one year and exempts transactions resulting from foreclosures by sale and short sales |
434 |
10-1, JSS § 27 |
Requires the DECD commissioner, in consultation with the DRS commissioner, to evaluate and report every three years on tax credit and abatement programs enacted to recruit and retain businesses |
484 |
10-179 §§ 125-134, 138, 139 |
Authorizes securitization of charges on electric company bills to provide revenue for the state's General Fund |
GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS (GAE) | ||
389 § 9 and 5021 § 15 |
10-2 |
Changes the circumstances under which the Citizens' Election Program becomes inoperative pursuant to a court ruling and campaign finance laws revert to those in effect prior to the program's passage |
390 |
10-3 § 14 |
Authorizes the DAS commissioner, on the state's behalf, to purchase equipment, supplies, material, and services by joining existing purchasing contracts with other states, Connecticut political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, or public consortia |
422, 424, and 473 § 2 |
10-189 |
Extends, from four to seven years, the duration of the DAS pilot program established to create and expand janitorial work opportunities for people with disabilities and disadvantages |
5442 |
10-1, JSS §§ 35-39 |
Changes state election law to comply with the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act and generally (1) allows applications for absentee ballots to be issued and returned by electronic means, (2) allows military and overseas absentee ballots to be issued by electronic means, and (3) makes U.S. citizens who were born overseas but whose parent or guardian was a Connecticut resident before leaving eligible to vote by presidential or overseas ballot in a federal election administered in Connecticut |
5520 |
10-1, JSS §§ 4-17 |
Authorizes the conveyance and leasing of various state properties and amends previous conveyances |
HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT | ||
5025 |
10-75 §§ 1-3 |
Authorizes reimbursements for student loans and training grants for Connecticut residents with educational backgrounds and jobs related to green technology, life science, or health information technology |
5026 |
10-44 § 28 |
Shifts $5 million in general obligation bond authorizations between two projects enumerated in Phase I of the CSUS 2020 plan |
5367 |
10-66 |
Specifies that for purposes of the veterans' tuition waiver, “service in time of war” does not include time spent attending a military service academy |
HOUSING | ||
317 |
10-139 |
Creates certain exceptions to the prohibition against building between the 100-year- and 500-year-flood plain for state-funded housing construction, rehabilitation, or renovation |
5369 §§ 1-2 |
10-181 §§ 1-2 |
Extends judicial foreclosure mediation program |
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE | ||
32 § 25 (committee substitute) |
10-185 |
Specifies uses of TANF Emergency Contingency Funds |
32 § 29 |
10-3 § 8 |
Increases HUSKY B premiums for Band 2 enrollees |
32 § 30 |
10-3 § 28; 10-179 § 49 |
Places limits on eye care in DSS medical assistance programs |
32 § 31 |
10-3 § 12; 10-1, JSS |
Eliminates most over-the-counter drug coverage in DSS medical assistance programs |
32 § 32 |
10-3 § 9 |
Eliminates state payment of attorney fees for SSI appeals |
32 §§ 36, 67; 5296 |
10-3 §§ 22, 27 |
Changes definition of medical necessity |
32 § 43 |
10-3 § 25 |
Requires DSS to add tuberculosis coverage in Medicaid program |
32 § 44 |
10-179 § 59 |
Changes open enrollment period deadline in ConnPACE |
32 §§ 48, 60, 68 |
10-179 § 22; 10-1, JSS §§ 32-34 |
Statutorily eliminates HUSKY Plus; restores HUSKY Plus |
32 § 51 |
10-3 § 11 |
Eliminates premium assistance in Charter Oak Health Plan |
32, various sections |
10-179, various sections |
Converts the HUSKY program from managed care organization-based to administrative services organization-based model |
32 §§ 67-68 |
10-179 § 160 |
Repeals five miscellaneous sections of DSS statutes, including HUSKY Plus |
INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE | ||
191 |
10-110 § 25 |
Makes void and unenforceable any provision, clause, covenant, or agreement in a “motor carrier transportation contract” that indemnifies, defends, or holds harmless an indemnitee from or against liability for loss or damage his or her negligence or intentional acts or omissions caused |
JUDICIARY | ||
221 |
10-58 |
Exempts from disclosure under the FOIA personnel, medical, or similar files about current or former employees of the (1) DOC, including members and employees of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and (2) DMHAS to people in DOC custody or supervision or confined in a facility of the Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital |
5280 |
10-180 |
Eliminates the statute of limitations for perjury in certain circumstances |
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT | ||
5031 |
10-171 |
Requires municipalities to take certain actions with respect to evicted tenants' belongings |
5337 |
10-174 |
Permits two or more municipalities or local or regional boards of education to join together to purchase health insurance for their employees, under certain conditions |
5506 |
10-171 |
Changes how telecommunications companies' mobile communications property is treated for local property tax purposes |
PUBLIC HEALTH | ||
262 |
10-117 §§ 92-93 |
Allows physicians and pharmacists to enter into written collaborative drug therapy management agreements without regard to the health care practice setting or the condition being treated |
270 |
10-117 § 95 |
Requires pharmaceutical and medical manufacturing companies to adopt (1) codes of conduct concerning interactions with health care professionals consistent with existing industry codes and (2) a compliance program |
403 |
10-117 §§ 82-90, 94 |
Establishes the “Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut” as a quasi-public agency for health information technology and health information exchange in the state |
5288 |
10-117 § 73 |
Requires hospitals or outpatient surgical facilities to ensure a circulating nurse is assigned to, and present for the duration of, all surgical procedures performed in their operating rooms |
TRANSPORTATION | ||
66 |
10-110 § 33 |
Exempts from laws applying to motor vehicles in livery service a motor vehicle operated by or through a community-based regional transportation system for the visually impaired |
340 |
10-110 §§ 34-37 |
Specifies that a “student transportation vehicle” is any vehicle (except a registered school bus) that brings students to or from (1) school, (2) school programs, or (3) school-sponsored events; eliminates the subcategory of “activity vehicles” and the corresponding driver's license endorsement; and changes what constitutes a “carrier” under the motor vehicle law |
341 |
10-110 §§ 38-41 |
Requires the DMV commissioner to conduct criminal background checks of people seeking or renewing a license to conduct a driving school or become a driving instructor, and makes other changes to laws regarding driving schools and instructors |
406 |
10-110 § 31 |
Allows driving schools to offer the motor vehicle operator's retraining program |
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