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SB00431 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

AN ACT CONCERNING PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

Budget
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Human Services Committee
Last action
2026-06-02
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is listed as 'from passage,' meaning it started when signed by the Governor on June 2, 2026.

Study and Pilot Program for Palliative and Hospice Care in Litchfield County

This law requires state officials to study the need for end-of-life care services in Litchfield County and allows them to start a test program if the study finds a need.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Commissioner of Social Services, with help from the Public Health Commissioner, to study the need for palliative and hospice care in Litchfield County.
  • Sets a deadline of January 1, 2027, for filing a report on this study with specific legislative committees.
  • Allows officials to design and run a pilot program if the study concludes that these services are needed.
  • Limits any new program to available funding amounts set by the state budget.
  • Directs officials to seek federal money or change Medicaid rules to help pay for the pilot program.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Commissioner of Social Services
  • The Commissioner of Public Health
  • Residents and patients in Litchfield County who may need palliative or hospice care

Limits and Unknowns

  • No pilot program will happen unless the official report concludes there is a need for these services.
  • Any new program depends on having enough money available in state budgets.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-02 Connecticut General Assembly

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-05-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  3. 2026-05-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  4. 2026-05-20 LCO

    Special Act 26-27

  5. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed

  6. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    In Concurrence

  7. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed

  8. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17

  9. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  10. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 568

  11. 2026-04-07 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  12. 2026-04-07 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  13. 2026-04-07 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 285

  14. 2026-04-07 LCO

    File Number 473

  15. 2026-03-30 LCO

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

  16. 2026-03-20 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  17. 2026-03-19 HS

    Joint Favorable Substitute

  18. 2026-03-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/10

  19. 2026-03-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services

Official Summary Text

To study the need for, and authorize a pilot program to address, palliative and hospice care in Litchfield County.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Substitute Senate Bill No. 431

Special Act No. 26-27

AN ACT CONCERNING PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE IN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective from passage ) (a) The Commissioner of Social
Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall
study the need for palliative and hospice care services in Litchfield
County. In conducting the study, the commissioner shall take into
consideration any findings concerning the need for such services by the
Palliative Care Advisory Council established pursuant to section 19a-6o
of the general statutes.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2027, the Commissioner of Social
Services shall file a re port on the study, in accordance with the
provisions of section 11 -4a of the general statutes, with the joint
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of
matters relating to human services and public health. If the study
concludes that there is a need for such services, the commissioner may,
within available appropriations, design and implement a pilot program
to provide such services in Litchfield Co unty. The commissioner shall
maximize any federal funding available for such pilot program and may
seek a Medicaid waiver or amend the Medicaid state plan to obtain such
funding.
Substitute Senate Bill No. 431

Special Act No. 26-27 2 of 2