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SB00468 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF NONPROFIT HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF NONPROFIT HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS.

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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
Government Administration and Elections Committee
Last action
2026-05-26
Official status
Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact details of how the new rules will be implemented and their impact on existing contracts are unclear from the provided official source material.

Act About Paying Nonprofit Service Groups

This act requires the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to review how much money nonprofit service groups should get for their work and ensure prompt payment.

What This Bill Does

  • The Secretary must create rules about reviewing the level of services and reporting requirements of nonprofit human services providers.
  • These rules include ensuring that nonprofits receive payment within 45 days after submitting a properly completed claim or providing the service, whichever is later.
  • All state agencies buying health and human services from nonprofits must follow these new rules.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Nonprofit organizations that provide health and human services
  • The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management

Terms To Know

Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management
A person in charge of making sure government policies work well.
Purchase of service contract
An agreement where a state agency buys services from a nonprofit organization.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not specify what happens if nonprofits are not paid on time.
  • It is unclear how the new rules will affect existing contracts between nonprofits and state agencies.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  2. 2026-05-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  3. 2026-05-19 LCO

    Public Act 26-91

  4. 2026-05-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A

  5. 2026-05-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A

  6. 2026-05-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    In Concurrence

  7. 2026-04-16 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  8. 2026-04-16 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 467

  9. 2026-04-15 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4088

  10. 2026-04-15 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A

  11. 2026-04-08 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  12. 2026-04-08 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  13. 2026-04-08 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 315

  14. 2026-04-08 LCO

    File Number 503

  15. 2026-04-01 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 5:00 PM

  16. 2026-03-23 GAE

    Joint Favorable

  17. 2026-03-23 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  18. 2026-03-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/13

  19. 2026-03-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections

Official Summary Text

To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to conduct reviews of the level of services and reporting requirements of nonprofit human services providers and to require prompt payment of private provider organizations.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Substitute Senate Bill No. 468

Public Act No. 26-91

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF NONPROFIT HUMAN
SERVICES PROVIDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1 . Subsection (d) of section 4 -70b of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
2026):
(d) The secretary shall establish uniform policies and procedures for
obtaining, managing and evaluating the quality and cost effectiveness
of direct health and human services purchased from a private provider
organization or municipality. To the extent permissible under federal
law, such policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, a
requirement that a private provider organization receive payment for
any services provided pursuant to a purchase of service contract not
later than forty-five days after the receipt of a properly completed claim
or the receipt of such services, whichever is later, in accordance with
section 4a -71. The secretary shall require all state agencies which
purchase direct health and human services to comply with such policies
and procedures.