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HB 6951 Connecticut House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.

HB 6951 requires Connecticut's Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee to study current behavioral health services for children and future demand. The study will examine crisis services (like suicide hotlines and mobile crisis teams), referral sources, funding allocation, and marketing strategies. The committee must also develop a survey for school-based health centers about data collection practices and work with the Public Health Commissioner to create reporting requirements. Both findings will be reported to the legislature by January 1, 2026. This procedural bill focuses on gathering data to inform future policy, with no direct funding changes or immediate service impacts.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates study of children's behavioral health services, crisis care, and funding to improve future planning and reporting, directly supporting mental health services for children.85% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2025
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What changed between versions

Raised Bill → APP Joint Favorable Substitute · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to change its title from 'Raised Bill' to 'Substitute Bill' and to simplify the committee's study requirements by organizing service providers into a clearer list format. The report submission requirements were adjusted to include developmental services, public health, and children, and the effective dates for sections were streamlined. The core policy content regarding behavioral health studies and funding remains substantially the same.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on children's behavioral health services, but the reporting requirements for the committee were expanded to include developmental services and children in addition to public health.
REQUIREMENT

The list of behavioral health service providers to be studied was reorganized into a clearer lettered format (A through E) for better readability.

The committee's report submission was changed to include joint standing committees with cognizance of developmental services, public health, and children, whereas the original only included public health.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was changed from 'Raised Bill' to 'Substitute Bill' and the committee reference was updated from 'Committee on Children' to 'Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN' in the original, then simplified in the substitute.

TIMELINE

The effective date notation for the act was simplified from a detailed table format to a more concise list format.

Floor votes · House Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

125–23
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 151
Jun 2, 2025
D Democratic102
101 Yea 1
99% Yea
R Republican49
24 Yea 23 Nay 2
48% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
lower
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Joint Favorable Substitute
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Joint Favorable Change of Reference APP
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.