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HB05421 • 2026

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Appropriations Committee
Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES.

To establish an account to assist health care facilities in purchasing durable medical equipment.

What This Bill Does

  • To establish an account to assist health care facilities in purchasing durable medical equipment.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-19 Connecticut General Assembly

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-05-15 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  3. 2026-05-15 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  4. 2026-05-14 LCO

    Public Act 26-36

  5. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A

  6. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A

  7. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence

  8. 2026-04-30 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  9. 2026-04-30 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 489

  10. 2026-04-30 LCO

    File Number 753

  11. 2026-04-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 4932

  12. 2026-04-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A

  13. 2026-04-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    Immediate Transmittal to the Senate

  14. 2026-04-15 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  15. 2026-04-15 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  16. 2026-04-15 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 429

  17. 2026-04-15 LCO

    File Number 638

  18. 2026-04-09 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/14/26 5:00 PM

  19. 2026-04-02 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  20. 2026-04-01 APP

    Joint Favorable Substitute

  21. 2026-03-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/12

  22. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations

Official Summary Text

To establish an account to assist health care facilities in purchasing durable medical equipment.

Current Bill Text

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Substitute House Bill No. 5421

Public Act No. 26-36

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT
LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026 ) (a) There is established a
separate, nonlapsing account to be known as the "health care facility
patient lif t account". The account shall contain (1) any amounts
appropriated or otherwise made available by the state for the purposes
of this section, (2) any moneys required by law to be deposited in the
account, and (3) gifts, grants, donations or bequests made for the
purposes of this section. Investment earnings credited to the assets of
the account shall become pa rt of the assets of the account. The State
Treasurer shall administer the account.
(b) All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the
Department of Public Health for the purposes of this section. The
Commissioner of Public Health may deduct and retain from the moneys
in the account an amount equal to the costs incurred by the department
in administering the provisions of this section, except said amount shall
not exceed two per cent of the balance of the account in any fiscal year.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Health shall use the health care
facility patient lift account to make grants to offices of a practice of one
Substitute House Bill No. 5421

Public Act No. 26-36 2 of 2

or more physicians licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of the general
statutes, radiological facilities, imaging centers or health care facilities,
as defined in section 19a -490dd of the general statutes, to purchase
patient lifts to be used to transfer elder ly persons, persons with
disabilities or persons with injuries or chronic health conditions from
facility beds to wheelchairs or other equipment. The commissioner shall
not make any grant that exceeds the balance available for grants in the
account.