Connecticut SB 295: AN ACT CONCERNING THE SELECTION OF CATERERS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO RENT STATE-OWNED VENUES.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 295
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE LAW PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS RELATED TO THE PROVISION
OF A LEGALLY PROTECTED HEALTH CARE ACTIVITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 52-571m of the 2026 supplement to the general 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(a) As used in this section: 4
(1) "Reproductive health care services" includes all supplies, care and 5
services of a medical, behavioral health, mental health, surgical, 6
psychiatric, therapeutic, diagnostic, preventative, rehabilitative or 7
supportive nature, including counseling or referral services relating to 8
the human reproductive system, including, but not limited to, services 9
relating to pregnancy, pregnancy loss, assisted reproduction, 10
contraception or the termination of a pregnancy; 11
(2) "Gender-affirming health care services" means all supplies, care 12
and services of a medical, behavioral health, mental health, surgical, 13
psychiatric, therapeutic, diagnostic, preventative, rehabilitative or 14
supportive nature, including medication relating to the treatment of 15
gender dysphoria and gender incongruence. "Gender-affirming health 16

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care services" does not include "conversion therapy" as defined in 17
section 19a-907; [and] 18
(3) "Person" includes an individual, a partnership, an association, a 19
limited liability company or a corporation; and 20
(4) "Legally protected health care activity" means: (A) The receipt or 21
attempted receipt by any person of reproductive health care services or 22
gender-affirming health care services that are permitted under and 23
provided in accordance with the laws of this state; (B) the provision, 24
attempted provision or insurance coverage of reproductive health care 25
services or gender-affirming health care services that are permitted 26
under and provided in accordance with the laws of this state and 27
provided in accordance with the applicable standard of care by a health 28
care provider licensed under the laws of this state and who is physically 29
present in this state, regardless of whether the patient is located in this 30
state; and (C) any act or omission undertaken to aid or encourage, or 31
attempt to aid or encourage, any person in the receipt or attempted 32
receipt of reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health 33
care services as permitted under and provided in accordance with the 34
laws of this state. 35
(b) When any person has had a foreign judgment entered against 36
such person, in any other state, in any court of the United States or any 37
other jurisdiction based upon the laws of any state, where liability, in 38
whole or in part, is based on the alleged provision, receipt, assistance in 39
receipt or provision, material support for, or any theory of vicarious, 40
joint, several or conspiracy liability derived therefrom, for [reproductive 41
health care services or gender-affirming health care services that are 42
permitted under the laws of this state] any legally protected health care 43
activity, such person may recover damages from any party that brought 44
the action leading to that judgment or has sought to enforce that 45
judgment. Recoverable damages shall include: (1) Just damages created 46
by the action that led to that judgment, including, but not limited to, 47
money damages in the amount of the judgment in that other state and 48
costs, expenses and reasonable attorney's fees spent in defending the 49

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action that resulted in the entry of a judgment in another state; and (2) 50
costs, expenses and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in bringing an 51
action under this section as may be allowed by the court. 52
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a judgment 53
entered in another state that is based on: (1) An action founded in tort, 54
contract or statute, and for which a similar claim would exist under the 55
laws of this state, brought by the patient who received the reproductive 56
health care services or gender-affirming health care services upon which 57
the original lawsuit was based or the patient's authorized legal 58
representative, for damages suffered by the patient or damages derived 59
from an individual's loss of consortium of the patient; (2) an action 60
founded in contract, and for which a similar claim would exist under 61
the laws of this state, brought or sought to be enforced by a party with 62
a contractual relationship with the person that is the subject of the 63
judgment entered in another state; or (3) an action where no part of the 64
acts that formed the basis for liability occurred in this state. 65
(d) The term "legally protected health care activity" shall not be 66
construed to impact or