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HB 6987 Connecticut House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT CONCERNING CLOSURES AND EVACUATIONS OF RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES AND NURSING HOMES.

HB 6987 requires nursing homes and residential care facilities to help residents find new placements during closures or evacuations, considering family proximity and support networks. It mandates facilities to create discharge plans detailing individual needs and submit them to residents and the state within seven days of transfer notices. The bill also creates a new insurance requirement (effective Oct. 2025) covering residents' lost or damaged personal property during closures, and establishes a real-time bed availability database for easier placement (effective Jan. 2026). Additionally, it forms a working group to review evacuation procedures and explore emergency management tools for facilities.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates discharge plans and property insurance during closures, ensuring continuity of care and resident protection in nursing home settings under public health oversight.90% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2025
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What changed between versions

Raised Bill → AGE Joint Favorable Substitute · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended from a 'Raised Bill' to a 'Joint Favorable Substitute' version, which significantly altered several provisions. The most substantive changes involve shifting responsibility for studying nursing home evacuation procedures from the Commissioner of Public Health to a working group involving the Commissioner of Social Services, State Ombudsman, and residential care home representatives. Additionally, the effective date for the database tracking bed availability was changed from January 1, 2026 to October 1, 2025, and the database maintenance responsibility was transferred from Social Services to Public Health.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include residential care homes in evacuation planning studies and added a mutual aid digital platform requirement for health care organizations. The amendment also changed which state agencies are responsible for various studies and database maintenance.
REQUIREMENT

Evacuation procedures study responsibility shifted from Commissioner of Public Health alone to a working group including Social Services, State Ombudsman, and residential care home representatives

Database maintenance responsibility transferred from Commissioner of Social Services to Commissioner of Public Health

Working group must examine whether residential care homes should participate in a mutual aid digital platform for emergency management

TIMELINE

Bed availability database effective date changed from January 1, 2026 to October 1, 2025

ELIGIBILITY

Nursing home admission exemptions for residents transferring from closing facilities were modified with additional conditions about application timing and emergency transfers

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Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Joint Favorable Substitute
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Aging
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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