Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB7108: AN ACT CONCERNING AUTISM AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES AND ABUSE AND NEGLECT INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: Chaptered, June 23, 2025
What the bill says
An act concerning autism and intellectual disability. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING AUTISM AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, "general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior" means the effectiveness or degree with which an individual meets the standards of personal independence and social responsibility expected for the individual's age and cultural group as measured by assessments that are individualized, standardized and clinically and culturally appropriate. (b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Commissioners of Social Services, Developmental Services, Aging and Disability Services and Public Health, the Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council, shall implement the first two recommendations of a November 15, 2024, report commissioned by the Office of Policy and Management entitled "The Evaluation of Statutory Definitions and Regulations: Intellectual Disability and Related Programs". (c) In implementing the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the secretary shall (1) explore changes in eligibility to remove intelligence quotient scores as a component of eligibility for state LCO No. 5570 1 of Raised Bill No. 7108 services for persons with intellectual disability, (2) consider state adoption of a broader definition of developmental disability that includes intellectual disability, autism and any other condition that results in impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior, (3) assess the level of …
Sponsors
- Emmanuel Sanchez (D, 24) · primary sponsor
- Gary Turco (D, 27)
- Rick Lopes (D, 6)
- David DeFronzo (D, 26)
- Derek Slap (D, 5)
- Tammy Exum (D, 19)
- Lucia Dathan (D, 142)
- Paul Honig (D, 8)
- Kate Farrar (D, 20)
- Hector Arzeno (D, 151)
- Mark Anderson (R, 62)
- Moira Rader (D, 98)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Transmitted to the Secretary of State
- : Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
- : Public Act 25-89
- : Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
- : Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
- : On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- : Senate Calendar Number 540
- : File Number 956
Votes
- Senate Roll Call 374 (June 4, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call 181 (May 22, 2026): 147 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call 374 (June 4, 2025): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call 181 (May 22, 2025): 147 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB7108?
- HB7108 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2025 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING AUTISM AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES AND ABUSE AND NEGLECT INVESTIGATIONS.
- What does HB7108 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning autism and intellectual disability. assembly convened.
- What is the status of HB7108?
- Chaptered as of June 23, 2025. Latest action: Signed by the Governor (June 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB7108?
- Emmanuel Sanchez (D, 24), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB7108?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB07108&which_year=2025
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