Connecticut HB 5254: AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5254
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCESS AND TIMETABLE FOR THE
REVIEW OF EXISTING REGULATIONS OF CONNECTICUT STATE
AGENCIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 4-189i of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
[(a) Not later than July 1, 2017, and not later than every seven years 3
thereafter, each committee of cognizance, in consultation with each 4
agency that is within the cognizance of the committee, shall establish the 5
date by which each such agency shall submit a review of its existing 6
regulations and shall notify the administrator of the regulation review 7
committee of each such date and any extension thereof. In establishing 8
such date, or any extension of the date that may be requested by the 9
agency, the committee of cognizance (1) shall consider the volume and 10
complexity of such regulations and the personnel and other resources 11
of the agency that would be available to undertake the review within 12
the agency's available appropriations, and (2) may establish a schedule 13
of dates for the review of various portions of such regulations upon the 14
agreement of the committee of cognizance and the administrative head 15
of the agency. 16
(b) Not later than the date specified by the committee of cognizance 17

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pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, each such agency shall submit 18
to the committee of cognizance and to the administrator of the 19
regulation review committee] 20
(a) Not later than February 1, 2027, (1) (A) the office of the Governor 21
shall prescribe an individual timetable for each agency of the Executive 22
Department that reports to the Governor, and (B) any other agency not 23
in the Executive Department shall prescribe an individual timetable for 24
such agency, to conduct a review of its existing regulations, [which] 25
provided any such individual timetable shall be not later than every 26
seven years, and (2) the office of the Governor shall notify the regulation 27
review committee and the joint standing committee of the General 28
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 29
oversight of each such individual timetable. Any such review of existing 30
regulations shall include, but need not be limited to: [(1)] (A) The 31
agency's recommendations on how it may substantially reduce the 32
number and length of its existing regulations; [(2)] (B) the agency's 33
determination of whether each of its existing regulations [(A)] (i) is 34
obsolete, [(B)] (ii) has not been used within the preceding seven years, 35
[(C)] (iii) is inconsistent with any provision of the general statutes, 36
federal law or any regulation adopted under the general statutes or 37
federal law, [(D)] (iv) has been the subject of written complaints, and 38
[(E)] (v) is otherwise no longer effective; and [(3)] (C) the agency's 39
recommendation, if any, regarding any extraordinary circumstances in 40
which waivers from its existing regulations may be appropriate. 41
(b) Not later than the specified initial submission date for the 42
completion of such review determined pursuant to subsection (a) of this 43
section, and, thereafter, the reoccurring scheduled timetable prescribed 44
individually by the office of the Governor or the agency, as applicable, 45
each agency shall (1) submit a summary of the results of the review 46
conducted under subsection (a) of this section to the administrator of 47
the regulation review committee, the committee of cognizance and the 48
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 49
matters relating to government oversight, in accordance with the 50
provisions of section 11-4a, and (2) post a listing of any regulations 51

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recommended to be repealed on its Internet web site and the 52
eRegulations System and shall provide a public comment period for 53
interested persons to present their views on the proposed repeal of such 54
regulations on the eRegulations System. 55
(c) Upon receipt of an agency's [review] summary of the results of its 56
review, the committee of cognizance [shall] may schedule a public 57
hearing, which, if applicable, shall be held not later than ninety days 58
following such receipt. The committee of cognizance shall make copies 59
of the [review] summary available to the public at least fifteen days prior 60
to [the] any hearing. 61
(d) Following the public hearing, if applicable: (1) The committee of 62
cognizance may request the agency to initiate the process under chapter 63
54 to carry out a recommendation of the agency under subsection [(b)] 64
(a) of this section to amend or repeal an existing regulation which, in the 65
determination of the committee of cognizance, does not require the 66
enactment of a