Raised S.B. No. 346
Session Year 2020
AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC OPTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE IN CONNECTICUT.
To: (1) Establish the ConnectHealth Program, the ConnectHealth Trust Account and the ConnectHealth Advisory Board; (2) require the Comptroller, in consultation with the ConnectHealth Advisory Board and the Office of Health Strategy, to establish the ConnectHealth Plan; (3) authorize the Comptroller to offer coverage to plan participants and beneficiaries in this state under a multiemployer plan, nonprofit employers and their employees, and small employers and their employees; and (4) require the Commissioner of Social Services to seek to amend the federal waiver for the state-wide dental plan that provides for the administration of the dental services portion of the department's medical assistance to expand coverage to include additional individuals in this state.
Public Hearing Testimony
Insurance and Real Estate Committee 
- 03/05/2020 Aguilar, Angela-Support
- 03/05/2020 AHIP-Oppose
- 03/05/2020 Baril, Rob, President-Service Employees International Union-Support
- 03/05/2020 BeneCare Dental Plans-Support
- 03/05/2020 Bennett, Lesley-Support
- 03/05/2020 Bennett, Zina-Support
- 03/05/2020 Berritt, Gail-Support
- 03/05/2020 Besse, Rachel-Support
- 03/05/2020 Brady, John-Support
- 03/05/2020 Brennan, Joe, President and CEO-CBIA-Oppose
- 03/05/2020 Burr, Thomas-Support
- 03/05/2020 Carlson, Jack-Support
- 03/05/2020 Carlson, Janet-Support
- 03/05/2020 Center for Children With Special Needs-Support
- 03/05/2020 Chen, Joy-Support
- 03/05/2020 Chisem, Carl, President-Connecticut Employees Union Independent-Support
- 03/05/2020 Chubet, Julie, President-CTAHU-Oppose
- 03/05/2020 Cohen, Christine, Senator-Connecticut General Assembly-Support
- 03/05/2020 Connecticut Realtors-Support
- 03/05/2020 CT Association of Health Plans-Oppose
- 03/05/2020 DeWester, Nanette, President-The DeWester Group-Support
- 03/05/2020 Doolittle, Ted-Office of Health Care Advocate-Support-Supplement
- 03/05/2020 Doolittle, Ted-Office of Health Care Advocate-Support
- 03/05/2020 Dornfeld, Joanna-Support
- 03/05/2020 Fagerstal, Christina-Support
- 03/05/2020 Federici, Rob-Support
- 03/05/2020 Flaherty, Kathy, Executive Director-CLRP-Support
- 03/05/2020 Goodwin, Pareesa, MPH, Executive Director-Connecticut Oral Health Initiative-Support
- 03/05/2020 Govindarju, Saranya-Support
- 03/05/2020 Grossman, Sally-Support
- 03/05/2020 Health Equity Solutions-Support
- 03/05/2020 Heede, Conrad-Support
- 03/05/2020 Hogan, Jeffrey, Northeast Regional Manager-Rogers Benefit Group-Oppose
- 03/05/2020 Hu, Tiffany-Support
- 03/05/2020 Johnson, Kate-Support
- 03/05/2020 Kaiko, Jackie-Support
- 03/05/2020 King, Nora-Support
- 03/05/2020 Kop, Stephen-Support
- 03/05/2020 Kornbluh, Rachel-Support
- 03/05/2020 Limbo, Kevin, State Comptroller-Office of the State Comptroller-Support
- 03/05/2020 Looney, Martin, Senate President Pro Tempore-Connecticut General Assembly-Support
- 03/05/2020 Luciano, Sal-Support
- 03/05/2020 Meizlish, Matther-Support
- 03/05/2020 Melita, Rick, Director-SEIU-Support
- 03/05/2020 Moisan, Amy-Support
- 03/05/2020 Moore, Helen-Support
- 03/05/2020 Morgenstein, Gina-Support
- 03/05/2020 Morico, William-Support
- 03/05/2020 Mudrick, MIchele-Support
- 03/05/2020 Naik, Krishna-Support
- 03/05/2020 Padilla, Frances-Support
- 03/05/2020 Pawelek, Josh, Reverend-Support
- 03/05/2020 Polun, Deb, Executive Director-CAFCA-Support
- 03/05/2020 Regan, Julia-Support
- 03/05/2020 Rose, Kim, State Representative-Connecticut General Assembly-Support
- 03/05/2020 Sarbello, David-Support
- 03/05/2020 Senserrich, Roger-Support
- 03/05/2020 Shaw, Jeff-Support
- 03/05/2020 Skrybailo, Irene-Support
- 03/05/2020 Sussman, Leah-Support
- 03/05/2020 Swan, Tom, Director-Connecticut Citizen Action Group-Support
- 03/05/2020 The Connecticut Hospital Association-Oppose
- 03/05/2020 Venero, Bruno-Support
- 03/05/2020 Villeda, Katherine-Support
- 03/05/2020 Vishnubhatta, Madhav-Support
- 03/05/2020 Voigt, Susan-Support
- 03/05/2020 Vollmer, Edward-Support
- 03/05/2020 Wanczyk-Karp, Stephen, LMSW-NASW-CT-Support
- 03/05/2020 Wieske, J.P-Oppose
- 03/05/2020 Winjum, Lisa-Support
- 03/10/2020 AHIP-Oppose
- 03/10/2020 Leavy, Zak-AFSCME
- 03/10/2020 Rodriguez-Torrent, Ethan-Support