Text of CT SB 1380 (2025)

LCO No. 5179 1 of 3 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1380 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 5179 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: (JUD) AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE STATE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) It shall be a discriminatory 1 practice in violation of this section for any health care provider to 2 discriminate in the provision of health care services on account of a 3 person's race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, 4 sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, 5 intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability, physical 6 disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, status as a veteran or 7 status as a victim of domestic violence. As used in this section, "health 8 care provider" means any person, corporation, facility or institution 9 licensed by this state to provide health care services, or an officer, 10 employee or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of such 11 person's employment. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 12 require the delivery of futile health care, affect the professional standard 13 of care or interfere with public health planning. 14 Raised Bill No. 1380 LCO No. 5179 2 of 3 Sec. 2. Subdivision (8) of section 46a-51 of the general statutes is 15 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 16 1, 2025): 17 (8) "Discriminatory practice" means a violation of section 4a-60, 4a- 18 60a, 4a-60g, 19a-498c, 31-40y, subsection (b), (d), (e) or (f) of section 31- 19 51i, subparagraph (C) of subdivision (15) of section 46a-54, subdivisions 20 (16) and (17) of section 46a-54, section 46a-58, 46a-59, 46a-60, 46a-64, 46a- 21 64c, 46a-66 or 46a-68, sections 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, sections 46a- 22 70 to 46a-78, inclusive, subsection (a) of section 46a-80, sections 46a-81b 23 to 46a-81o, inclusive, sections 46a-80b to 46a-80e, inclusive, sections 46a- 24 80k to 46a-80m, inclusive, or section [19a-498c] 1 of this act; 25 Sec. 3. Subsection (f) of section 46a-82 of the general statutes is 26 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 27 1, 2025): 28 (f) (1) Any complaint filed pursuant to this section for an alleged act 29 of discrimination that occurred prior to October 1, 2021, shall be filed 30 within one hundred and eighty days after the date of the alleged act of 31 discrimination, except that any complaint by a person (A) claiming to 32 be aggrieved by a violation of subsection (a) of section 46a-80 that 33 occurred before October 1, 2019, shall be filed within thirty days of the 34 date of the alleged act of discrimination, and (B) claiming to be 35 aggrieved by a violation of section 46a-60, sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, 36 inclusive, or section 46a-80 or 46a-81c, that occurred on or after October 37 1, 2019, and prior to October 1, 2021, shall be filed not later than three 38 hundred days after the date of the alleged act of discrimination. 39 (2) Any complaint filed pursuant to this section for an alleged act of 40 discrimination that occurred on or after October 1, 2021, shall be filed 41 [within] not later than three hundred days after the date of the alleged 42 act of discrimination, except that any complaint by a person claiming to 43 be aggrieved by a violation of section 1 of this act shall be filed not later 44 than three years after the date of the alleged act of discrimination. 45 Raised Bill No. 1380 LCO No. 5179 3 of 3 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 46a-51(8) Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 46a-82(f) Statement of Purpose: To prohibit health care providers from discriminating against persons in the provision of health care services in the state. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

Substitute Senate Bill No. 1380 Public Act No. 25-154 AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE STATE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 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 knowingly 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 (1) require the delivery of futile health care and services in conflict with a health care provider's professional judgment or ethical considerations, (2) affect the professional standard of care, or (3) interfere with public health planning. Sec. 2. Subdivision (8) of section 46a-51 of the general statutes is Substitute Senate Bill No. 1380 Public Act No. 25-154 2 of 2 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): (8) "Discriminatory practice" means a violation of section 4a-60, 4a- 60a, 4a-60g, 19a-498c, 31-40y, subsection (b), (d), (e) or (f) of section 31- 51i, subparagraph (C) of subdivision (15) of section 46a-54, subdivisions (16) and (17) of section 46a-54, section 46a-58, 46a-59, 46a-60, 46a-64, 46a- 64c, 46a-66 or 46a-68, sections 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, sections 46a- 70 to 46a-78, inclusive, subsection (a) of section 46a-80, sections 46a-81b to 46a-81o, inclusive, sections 46a-80b to 46a-80e, inclusive, sections 46a- 80k to 46a-80m, inclusive, or section [19a-498c] 1 of this act;