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Health Equity Solutions advocates for change through legislation, regulatory actions, and ensuring that decision-makers are aware of key health equity priorities in CT.

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2021 Legislative Session

2021 Legislative Session Wrap-Up

Public Act 21-35 Details S.B. 1, An Act Equalizing Comprehensive Access to Mental, Behavioral and Physical Health Care in Response to the Pandemic.

Health Equity Solutions 2021 Policy Agenda

  1. Testimony Supporting H.B. No. 6442: An Act Concerning Equitable Access to Broadband
  2. Testimony Supporting H.B. No. 6550: An Act Concerning the Office of Health Strategy's Recommendations Regarding Various Revisions to Community Benefits Programs Administered by Hospitals
  3. Testimony Regarding H.B. 6439 An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June Thirtieth 2023 and Making Appropriations Therefor: Human Services
  4. Testimony Regarding S.B. 956: An Act Providing Medical Assistance to Certain Individuals Regardless of Immigration Status.
  5. Testimony Supporting S.B. 1004, An Act Concerning Dental and Vision Insurance Coverage for Children, Stepchildren and Other Dependent Children
  6. Testimony Regarding H.B. 6555 An Act Concerning Legislative Oversight and Approval of COVID-19 Relief Funds
  7. Testimony Regarding H.B. 6446 An Act Concerning the Governor’s Budget Recommendations for Human Services
  8. Testimony Supporting H.B. No. 6424 An Act Revising Data Collection Requirements for Health Care Providers Connecting to the State-Wide Health Information Exchange
  9. Testimony Regarding S.B. 842: An Act Concerning Health Insurance and Health Care in CT
  10. Testimony Supporting S.B. No. 910, An Act Expanding Medicaid Coverage for Post-Partum Care to Twelve Months After a Medicaid Beneficiary Gives Birth to a Child and Testimony Supporting H.B. No. 6472, An Act Concerning Telehealth
  11. Testimony Regarding H.B. 5596, An Act Concerning Telehealth
  12. Testimony Regarding S.B. 1022, An Act Concerning Telehealth
  13. Testimony Supporting S.B. No. 1: An Act Equalizing Comprehensive Access to Mental, Behavioral and Physical Health Care in Response to the Pandemic
  14. Testimony Supporting H.B. No. 6662: An Act Declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis and Establishing the Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health
  15. Testimony in Support of S.B. 1090 An Act Establishing a Commission to Study a HUSKY for All Single Payer, Universal Health Care Program
  16. Testimony in Support of S.B. 1056 An Act Expanding Access to Medical Assistance
  17. Testimony Regarding Substance Use Disorder Treatment Demonstration Waiver Proposal Pursuant to Section 1115 of the Social Security Act

Health Equity Solutions Listening Sessions Recap for the 2021 Legislative Session

Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis

How to declare racism a public health crisis in Connecticut

2020 Legislative Session

Health Equity Policy Priorities: COVID-19 & Beyond

  1. Testimony Regarding H.B. No. 5249, An Act Concerning Dental Insurance Coverage for Children, Stepchildren and Other Dependent Children
  2. Testimony Regarding H.B. 5018 An Act Concerning Health Care Cost Growth in Connecticut, S.B. 328 An Act Concerning Benchmarks, Canadian Drug Reimportation, Stop-Loss Insurance and Reinsurance, and S.B. 346 An Act Concerning Public Options for Health Care in Connecticut
  3. Testimony Regarding S.B. No. 201, An Act Establishing a Task Force to Study Health Insurance and Health Care Inequity in This State and H.B. No. 5251, An Act Establishing a Task Force To Study Health Insurance Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants in This State
  4. Testimony Regarding H.B. No. 5005, An Act Adjusting The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2021.
  5. Testimony Supporting S.B. No 395 An Act Concerning the Establishment of the Doula Advisory Council and Doula Certification
  6. Testimony Regarding S.B. 397: An Act Promoting Employment Advancement and the Economy by Addressing the Benefits Cliff and Testimony Regarding H.B. 5445: An Act Concerning Nonemergency Medical Transportation for Medicaid Beneficiaries 

Health Equity Solutions Listening Sessions Recap For the 2020 Legislative Session

2019 Legislative Session

End of 2019 Legislative Session Recap

  1. Testimony Regarding S.B. No. 1078, An Act Concerning Doula Certification And Medicaid Reimbursement for Doula Care Services
  2. Testimony Regarding Raised Bill No. 859 An Act Concerning Community Health Workers
  3. Testimony Regarding S.B. No. 851, An Act Prohibiting The Disaggregation of Student Data By Ethnic Subgroups In The Public School Information System

COMMENTS to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OMB–2019–0002 RE: Opposition to the Proposed Methodology for Updating the Federal Poverty Line

2018 Legislative Session

End of 2018 Legislative Session Recap

  1. Action Alert for HB 5415 An Act Concerning Collection and Usage of Health Equity Data
  2. Fact Sheet: HB 5415 An Act Concerning the Collection and Usage of Health Equity Data
  3. Health Equity Impact Statement: AN ACT CONCERNING RACIAL AND ETHNIC IMPACT STATEMENTS
  4. Testimony Regarding An Act Concerning Racial And Ethnic Impact Statements

2017 Legislative Session

Testimony in Support of Proposed H.B. 5763: An Act Requiring the Streamlining of Health Data Collection

2016 Legislative Session

Testimony Supporting H.B. No. 5440 – Medicaid Coverage for Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME)

Testimony Regarding H.B. No. 5044 An Act Making Adjustments to State Expenditures for the Fiscal Year Ending JUNE 30, 2017