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HB05238 • 2026

AN ACT STUDYING ACCESS TO PARKING FOR HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS.

AN ACT STUDYING ACCESS TO PARKING FOR HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS.

Healthcare Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Transportation Committee
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
File Number 411
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text specifies the working group must meet by September 1, 2026, but does not detail how often they will meet after that.

Study on Parking for Home Health Care Workers

This law requires the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to create a working group that studies parking problems faced by home health care workers in residential areas.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to establish a working group.
  • Directs the group to study parking restrictions, time limits, permit requirements, and enforcement practices affecting these providers.
  • Asks the group to identify geographic areas where parking limitations most significantly impact home health care delivery.
  • Requires the group to review parking programs in other places, such as temporary permits or designated parking spots.
  • Sets a deadline of January 1, 2027, for submitting a report with findings and recommendations.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection
  • Home health care service providers
  • Parking authorities or parking divisions
  • Municipal police departments

Terms To Know

Working group
A team created to study a specific problem and suggest solutions.
Home health care service providers
Workers who travel to homes to give medical or personal care services in residential settings.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law only creates a study and does not change any parking rules right now.
  • It is unknown what specific recommendations the working group will make in its final report.
  • The bill text does not say if new laws or funding will follow after the study ends.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  2. 2026-04-07 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  3. 2026-04-07 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 295

  4. 2026-04-07 LCO

    File Number 411

  5. 2026-03-30 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 12:00 PM

  6. 2026-03-19 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  7. 2026-03-16 TRA

    Joint Favorable

  8. 2026-02-19 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/02

  9. 2026-02-18 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation

Official Summary Text

To require the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to establish a working group to study access to parking for home health care service providers.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
House of Representatives
sHB5238 / File No. 411 1

General Assembly File No. 411
February Session, 2026 Substitute House Bill No. 5238

House of Representatives, April 7, 2026

The Committee on Transportation reported through REP.
BERGER-GIRVALO of the 111th Dist., Chairperson of the
Committee on the part of the House, that the substitute bill
ought to pass.

AN ACT STUDYING ACCESS TO PARKING FOR HOME HEALTH
CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) The Commissioner of Emergency 1
Services and Public Protection shall establish a working group to study 2
and make recommendations regarding parking access challenges faced 3
by home health care service providers while delivering services in 4
residential settings. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to, 5
(1) an assessment of parking restrictions, time limits, permit 6
requirements and enforcement practices affecting home health care 7
service providers, (2) an analysis of geographic areas in the state where 8
parking limitations most significantly impact the delivery of home 9
health care services, and (3) a review of parking accommodation 10
programs in other jurisdictions, including temporary permits and 11
designated home health care service parking and enforcement 12
exemptions. 13
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(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 14
or the commissioner's designee, shall be chairperson of the working 15
group and shall schedule the first meeting of the working group not 16
later than September 1, 2026. The commissioner shall appoint to such 17
working group representatives from parking authorities or parking 18
divisions, providers of home health care services, sworn members of 19
municipal police departments and such other members as deemed 20
necessary by the commissioner. 21
(c) Not later than January 1, 2027, the commissioner shall submit a 22
report on the findings and recommendations of the working group to 23
the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 24
cognizance of matters relating to transportation, in accordance with the 25
provisions of section 11 -4a of the general statutes. The working group 26
shall terminate on the date that the commissioner submits such report 27
or January 1, 2027, whichever is later. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2026 New section

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (c), "its findings and recommendations" was changed to "the
findings and recommendations of the working group", and "it" was
changed to "the commissioner" for clarity.

TRA Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO

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The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of
the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not
represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general,
fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional
knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final
products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note

State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill, which has no fiscal impact, requires the Department of
Emergency Services and Public Protection to establish a working group
to study and make recommendations regarding parking access
challenges faced by home health care service providers. It is anticipated
that the members of the working group will have the necessary
expertise to meet the requirements of the bill.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None

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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5238

AN ACT STUDYING ACCESS TO PARKING FOR HOME HEALTH
CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS.

SUMMARY
The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Special Acts.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Transportation Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 31 Nay 5 (03/16/2026)