CT HB05003

Health care facilities and state agencies must protect employees from financial loss due to workplace assaults, including covering medical expenses not paid by insurance or workers' compensation; assaulted employees continue receiving salary during absence without using accrued leave (effective October 1, 2026)

Department of Public Health must develop a system by January 1, 2027 for health care providers to report patient violence incidents to the State-wide Health Information Exchange and alert providers when treating patients with documented violence history

Expands "service worker" job retention protections to cover employees at hospitals, nursing homes, schools, warehouses, airports, and commercial buildings over 75,000 square feet, requiring successor contractors to retain workers for 90 days (effective October 1, 2026)

Establishes tuition waivers at Connecticut public colleges for police officers with 5+ years of service, firefighters with 5+ years of service, and state fire school students; creates mortgage assistance program through Connecticut Housing Finance Authority for police and firefighters purchasing homes in their service communities

Adds menopause-related conditions to protected pregnancy accommodations under employment discrimination law, requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations; requires employers to provide reasonable break time for breastfeeding employees each time they need to express milk