CDR is a membership organization of persons with disabilities that operates a Center for Independent Living (CIL). Based in West Haven, Connecticut, the Center for Disability Rights advocates for people with disabilities and their issues on a local, state-wide, and national level. We also provide services to individuals and their families, as well as technical assistance and community education to businesses, government, and members of the community.
Click here to download a PDF list of the 2025 Bills CDR is tracking
CDR-CT is tracking the following 2025 Bills in the CT General
Assembly. For more informaAon, contact Jim McCollum at
[email protected].
H.B. 7106: An act concerning recommendaAons of an advisory council on
wheelchair repair. This bill requires authorized wheelchair dealers in Connec5cut
to respond to consumer requests for repairs within one day, and to provide these
repairs within ten business days. The ten business days includes the 5me needed
to obtain parts, and requires companies to perform emergency repairs at night
and on weekends. It requires dealers to employ staffs needed to meet these
requirements, and to perform them at the consumer’s home upon request.
S.B. 1251: an act implemenAng the governor’s recommendaAons concerning a
driver training program for persons wit disabiliAes, legislaAve oversight of
Medicaid state plan amendments, and penalAes for violaAng Amely wheelchair
repair standards. In this bill, a wheelchair dealer’s failure to comply with
acceptable repair standards would be a Connec5cut Unfair Trade Prac5ces Act
(CUFTPA) viola5on. The bill defines systemic noncompliance as failing to meet
standards more than five percent of the 5me.
H.B. 5479: An act concerning funding for the Encompass transportaAon program
serving the elderly and persons with disabiliAes. Encompass is a collabora5on
between the M7 taxi cab company and the Greater HarOord and Greater New
Haven transit districts, providing on demand, low cost transporta5on to elderly
and disabled individuals. The program is par5ally funded by the Federal Transit
Administra5on, and it is uncertain how much, if any, of this federal funding will
con5nue. H.B. 5479 would have appropriated state funds to fill the gap, but there
has been no visible ac5vity with this bill since it was referred to the Joint
CommiVee on Appropria5ons in late January.
H.B. 6911: An act concerning asset limits for Husky C beneficiaries. This would
increase the Husky C asset limits for a single person from $1,600 to $10,000, and
for married persons from $2,400 to $15,000.
S.B. 807: An act concerning the eliminaAon of asset limits for Husky C
beneficiaries over a five year period. This bill would raise asset limits, as would
H.B. 6911, but would eventually eliminate them. The bill would also allow a
beneficiary to spend down income that would exceed Husky C income limits on
incurred medical bills in accordance with federal Medicaid regula5ons on spend-
downs.
S.B. 981: An act expanding Medicaid eligibility for elderly persons and persons
with disabiliAes. This bill would exclude certain forms of income from being
considered when determining eligibility for Medicaid. For example, a disabled
adult may qualify for social security based on a parent’s earning record. This
income would not be considered in determining eligibility for Husky C, so it would
not bring the person above the Husky C income limit.
H.B. 6165: An act concerning the use of supported decision-making agreements
in lieu of conservatorships or guardianships for disabled adults. This bill would
have provided disabled adults and their families with the op5on of using
supported decision-making agreements as an alterna5ve to conservatorships or
guardianships, which would give disabled individuals and family members more
authority in making decisions about the disabled person’s welfare. This bill died in
the Judiciary CommiVee, despite the efforts of several organiza5ons that advocate
for the disabled.
S.B. 714: An act restoring service on the Shoreline East rail line. This bill would
require the Department of Transporta5on to fully restore service on the Shoreline
East rail line, between New Haven and New London. This would be beneficial to
disabled consumers in traveling to and from the greater New Haven area.
CDR fully serves the following towns: West Haven; Milford; Orange; Woodbridge; Madison, Clinton, and Westbrook.
CDR offers limited services in the form of Information & Referral services; nursing facility transition services; augumentive communication services; and the Helping Each Other Succeed cross-disability support group to the following towns: Shelton; Derby; Ansonia; Seymour; Bethany; New Haven; East Haven; Hamden; North Haven; Wallingford; Durham; Meriden; Southington; Middlefield; Middletown; North Branford; Branford; Guilford; Old Saybrook; Killingworth; Deep River; Chester; Haddam; East Haddam; East Hampton; and Portland.
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