CT HB 5517
died on adjournmentAN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RECOVERY-FRIENDLY LANGUAGE AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION STATUTES.
Connecticut · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CT HB 5517 pass?
No. CT HB 5517 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-09): FILE NO. 529
What is CT HB 5517 about?
CT HB 5517 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RECOVERY-FRIENDLY LANGUAGE AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION STATUTES.”.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-04-09 — FILE NO. 529
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
- Acupuncture
- Advisory bodies
- AIDS (Disease)
- Alcohol and Drug Policy Council
- Alcoholism
- Alcoholism treatment
- Appeal and review
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Behavioral health services
- Boards
- Boards of education
- Certificates and certification
- Chief Court Administrator
- Child mental, emotional and behavioral health
- Child Poverty and Prevention Council
- Children
- Children and Families, Department of
- Civil commitment
- Client Security Fund
- Commercial driver's license
- Community service labor program
- Conservators
- Consumer Protection Department
- Controlled substances
- Correction Department
- Councils
- Court Support Services Division
- Crime victims
- Disclosure
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drug abuse treatment
- Drug Assets Forfeiture Revolving Account
- Drugs
- Drunken or drugged driving
- Early Childhood, Office of
- Electronic government information
- Emergency medical responders
- Emergency medical technicians
- Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of
- Epinephrine
- Family violence prevention and response
- Fees
- Fines (Penalties)
- Grants by the state
- Guardian and ward
- Health care facilities
- Health care providers
- Hearings
- Hepatitis
- Homeless youth
- Hospital patients
- Hospitals
- Housing, Department of
- Indigent persons
- Intellectual disabilities, persons with
- Investigations
- Judicial branch
- Judicial Department
- Labor Department
- Licenses
- Marijuana
- Medicaid
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of
- Mental health services
- Mentally ill persons
- Methadone
- Motor Vehicle Department records
- Municipalities
- Occupational training
- Paramedics
- Parents
- Parole
- Patients' rights
- Perfusionists
- Physicians
- Police
- Police departments
- Pregnancy
- Pretrial alcohol education system
- Pretrial drug education program
- Prisoners
- Prisoner work-release program
- Probate Court
- Probate records
- Professional counselors
- Public Health, Department of
- Radiologic technicians
- Rehabilitation of criminals
- Reports
- Respite care
- School curriculum
- School employees
- Schools
- Social Services, Department of
- State agencies
- State funds
- Sterilization (Birth control)
- Superior Court
- Teachers
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- Temporary Family Assistance (TFA)
- Veterans
- Violation of conditions of release
- Violations
- Women
- Youth in crisis
Sponsors
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Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-09
FILE NO. 529
2026-04-09
HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 362
2026-04-09
FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
reading-2
2026-04-09
RPTD. OUT OF LCO
2026-04-02
REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26
referral
2026-03-24
FILED WITH LCO
filing
2026-03-23
Joint Favorable Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
PUBLIC HEARING 0313
2026-03-05
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health
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