Connecticut HB 5517: AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RECOVERY-FRIENDLY LANGUAGE AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION STATUTES.

Status: FILE NO. 529 (as of 2026-04-09)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2026 · Bill: HB 5517

Subjects: AIDS (Disease), Acupuncture, Advisory bodies, Alcohol and Drug Policy Council, Alcoholism, Alcoholism treatment, Appeal and review, Autism spectrum disorders, Behavioral health services, Boards, Boards of education, Certificates and certification, Chief Court Administrator, Child Poverty and Prevention Council, Child mental, emotional and behavioral health, Children, Children and Families, Department of, Civil commitment, Client Security Fund, Commercial driver's license, Community service labor program, Conservators, Consumer Protection Department, Controlled substances, Correction Department, Councils, Court Support Services Division, Crime victims, Disclosure, Drug Assets Forfeiture Revolving Account, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Drugs, Drunken or drugged driving, Early Childhood, Office of, Electronic government information, Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of, Emergency medical responders, Emergency medical technicians, Epinephrine, Family violence prevention and response, Fees, Fines (Penalties), Grants by the state, Guardian and ward, Health care facilities, Health care providers, Hearings, Hepatitis, Homeless youth, Hospital patients, Hospitals, Housing, Department of, Indigent persons, Intellectual disabilities, persons with, Investigations, Judicial Department, Judicial branch, Labor Department, Licenses, Marijuana, Medicaid, Medical records, Medical research, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of, Mental health services, Mentally ill persons, Methadone, Motor Vehicle Department records, Municipalities, Occupational training, Paramedics, Parents, Parole, Patients' rights, Perfusionists, Physicians, Police, Police departments, Pregnancy, Pretrial alcohol education system, Pretrial drug education program, Prisoner work-release program, Prisoners, Probate Court, Probate records, Professional counselors, Public Health, Department of, Radiologic technicians, Rehabilitation of criminals, Reports, Respite care, School curriculum, School employees, Schools, Social Services, Department of, State agencies, State funds, Sterilization (Birth control), Superior Court, Teachers, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Temporary Family Assistance (TFA), Veterans, Violation of conditions of release, Violations, Women, Youth in crisis

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