Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut SB1380: AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE STATE.
Status: Chaptered, July 8, 2025
What the bill says
An act prohibiting discrimination by health care providers in the provision of health care services in the state. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE STATE. Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) It shall be a discriminatory practice in violation of this section for any health care provider to discriminate in the provision of health care services on account of a person's race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability, physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, status as a veteran or status as a victim of domestic violence. As used in this section, "health care provider" means any person, corporation, facility or institution licensed by this state to provide health care services, or an officer, employee or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of such person's employment. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the delivery of futile health care, affect the professional standard of care or interfere with public health planning. LCO No. 5179 1 of Raised Bill No. 1380 Sec. 2. Subdivision (8) of section 46a-51 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): (8) "Discriminatory practice" means a violation of section 4a-60, 4a60a, 4a-60g, 19a-498c, 31-40y, subsection (b), (d), (e) or …
Sponsors
- Patricia Miller (D, 27) · primary sponsor
- Matthew Lesser (D, 9)
- Nicholas Menapace (D, 37)
- Karen Reddington-Hughes (R, 66)
- Donna Veach (R, 30)
- Gary Winfield (D, 10)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Transmitted to the Secretary of State
- : Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
- : Public Act 25-154
- : House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
- : House Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
- : In Concurrence
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- : House Calendar Number 626
- : Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 8629
Votes
- House Roll Call 361 (June 4, 2026): 149 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call 192 (May 20, 2026): 35 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call 361 (June 4, 2025): 149 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call 192 (May 20, 2025): 35 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1380?
- SB1380 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2025 General Assembly): AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE STATE.
- What does SB1380 do?
- In its own words: An act prohibiting discrimination by health care providers in the provision of health care services in the state. assembly convened.
- What is the status of SB1380?
- Chaptered as of July 8, 2025. Latest action: Signed by the Governor (July 8, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1380?
- Patricia Miller (D, 27), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1380?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB01380&which_year=2025
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