Connecticut HB 5383: AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING LABOR.

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House Bill No. 5383 
 
Public Act No. 26-34 
 
 
AN   ACT   CONCERNING   THE   LEGISLATIVE   COMMISSIONERS' 
RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR  MINOR  AND  TECHNICAL  REVISIONS 
TO STATUTES CONCERNING LABOR. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  Subdivision  (5)  of  subsection  (a)  of  section  7-313p of  the 
2026 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(5) "State  employer"  means  the  state  of  Connecticut,  including  any 
agency or department of the state, any board of trustees of a state-owned 
or    supported    college    or    university    and    branches    thereof,    the 
Connecticut   Airport   Authority,   the   Tweed-New   Haven   Airport 
Authority and  any  entity  that  contracts  with  the  Tweed-New  Haven 
Airport Authority; and 
Sec. 2. Section 7-313g of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
For  purposes  of  this  section  and  sections  3-123,  7-313h  to  7-313k 
inclusive,  and  29-303,  "firefighter"  shall  include  any  (1)  local  fire 
marshal, deputy fire marshal, fire investigator, fire inspector and such 
other  classes  of  inspectors  and  investigators  for  whom  the  State  Fire 

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Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee, acting jointly, have 
adopted minimum standards of qualification pursuant to section 29-298; 
and (2) uniformed member of a paid municipal, state or volunteer fire 
department  or  of  the  Connecticut  Airport  Authority,  the  Tweed-New 
Haven Airport Authority and any entity that contracts with the Tweed-
New Haven Airport Authority. 
Sec. 3. Subdivision (3) of subsection (h) of section 31-225a of the 2026 
supplement  to  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(3) The  statement  of  charges  provided  for  in  subdivision  (2)  of  this 
subsection  shall  constitute  notice  to  the  employer  that  it  has  been 
determined that the benefits reported in such statement were properly 
payable  under  this  chapter  to  the  claimants  for  the  weeks  and  in  the 
amounts  shown  in  such  statements.  If  the  employer  contends  that 
benefits have been improperly charged due to fraud or error, a written 
protest   setting   forth   reasons   therefor   shall   be   filed   with   the 
administrator not later than forty days [of] after the date the quarterly 
statement  was  provided.  An  eligibility  issue  shall  not  be  reopened  on 
the  basis  of  such  quarterly  statement  if  notification  of  such  eligibility 
issue had previously been given to the employer under the provisions 
of section 31-241, and he or she failed to file a timely appeal therefrom 
or had the issue finally resolved against him or her. 
Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 31-40cc of the 2026 supplement to the 
general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a)   Each   physician,   physician   assistant   or   advanced   practice 
registered   nurse   having   knowledge   of   any   person   whom   such 
physician,  physician  assistant  or  advanced  practice  registered  nurse 
suspects  is  suffering  from  an  illness  related  to  the  exposure  of  lead, 
phosphorus,   arsenic,   brass,   wood   alcohol   or   mercury   or   their 

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compounds, anthrax or compressed air, or any other disease contracted 
as a result of the nature of the occupation of such person, shall, not later 
than    forty-eight    hours [of] after discovery   of    such    suspected 
occupational  disease,  provide  the  Labor  Department,  in  a  form  and 
manner  prescribed  by  the  department,  a  report  stating  (1)  the  name, 
address  and  occupation  of  such  person,  (2)  the  name,  address  and 
business of such person's employer, (3) the nature of the disease, and (4) 
any  other  information  required  by  the  department.  Any  physician, 
physician  assistant  or  advanced  practice  registered  nurse  who  fails  to 
provide the report required pursuant to this section or who fails to send 
such  report  within  the  time  period  prescribed  by  this  section  may  be 
assessed  a  civil  penalty  of  not  more  than  ten  dollars  by  the  Labor 
Commissioner.  No  report  made  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  admissible  as  evidence  in  any  civil  action  or  for  a 
workers' compensation claim under chapter 568. 
 
 
 
Governor's Action: 
Approved June 2, 2026