Connecticut HB 5421: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES.

Status: SIGNED BY GOVERNOR (as of 2026-05-19)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2026 · Bill: HB 5421

Subjects: Disabled persons, Elderly persons, Grants by the state, Health care facilities, Medical supplies and equipment, Public Health, Department of, State Treasurer, State funds

Sponsors: Mike Demicco, Sarah Keitt, Mark Decaprio, Nick Gauthier, Eleni Kavros Degraw, Cristin Mccarthy Vahey, Michael D. Quinn, Patricia A. Dillon, William Pizzuto, Kenneth Gucker, Karen Reddington-hughes, Saud Anwar

Bill Text

Substitute House Bill No. 5421 
 
Public Act No. 26-36 
 
 
AN  ACT  ESTABLISHING  AN  ACCOUNT  TO  PROVIDE  PATIENT 
LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  (NEW) (Effective  July  1,  2026)  (a) There  is  established  a 
separate,  nonlapsing  account  to  be  known  as  the  "health  care  facility 
patient   lift account".   The   account   shall   contain   (1)   any   amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available by the state for the purposes 
of  this  section,  (2)  any  moneys  required  by  law  to  be  deposited  in  the 
account,  and  (3)  gifts,  grants,  donations  or  bequests  made  for the 
purposes  of  this  section.  Investment  earnings  credited  to  the  assets  of 
the  account  shall  become  part  of  the  assets  of  the  account.  The  State 
Treasurer shall administer the account. 
(b)  All  moneys  deposited  in  the  account  shall  be  used  by  the 
Department  of  Public  Health  for  the  purposes  of  this  section.  The 
Commissioner of Public Health may deduct and retain from the moneys 
in the account an amount equal to the costs incurred by the department 
in administering the provisions of this section, except said amount shall 
not exceed two per cent of the balance of the account in any fiscal year. 
(c)  The  Commissioner  of  Public  Health  shall  use  the  health  care 
facility patient lift account to make grants to offices of a practice of one 

Substitute House Bill No. 5421 
 
Public Act No. 26-36 2 of 2 
 
or  more  physicians  licensed  pursuant  to  chapter  370  of  the  general 
statutes, radiological facilities, imaging centers or health care facilities, 
as  defined  in  section  19a-490dd  of  the  general  statutes,  to  purchase 
patient  lifts  to  be  used  to  transfer  elderly  persons,  persons  with 
disabilities  or  persons  with  injuries  or  chronic  health  conditions  from 
facility beds to wheelchairs or other equipment. The commissioner shall 
not make any grant that exceeds the balance available for grants in the 
account. 
 
 
 
Governor's Action: 
Approved May 19, 2026

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