AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR NEUROMODULATION TREATMENTS FOR VETERANS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT IN COLLABORATION WITH HARTFORD HEALTHCARE PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Saud Anwar and 6 co-sponsors

Creates a UConn Center of Excellence for veterans' neuromodulation, in partnership with Hartford HealthCare, expanding access, research, and training with state funding.

REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health

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Main purpose

To create a Center of Excellence focused on neuromodulation treatments for veterans, housed at the University of Connecticut (UConn) and developed in collaboration with Hartford HealthCare Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The center’s stated focus (from the bill title) is clinical care and likely research, training, and coordination of neuromodulation services for veterans.

Key provisions (based on bill title and metadata)

Establishment of a formal Center of Excellence for neuromodulation treatments at UConn.

A required formal collaboration or partnership with Hartford HealthCare Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

The center is intended to serve veterans — providing access to neuromodulation therapies (e.g., devices or procedures that modulate nervous system activity).

The bill involves state funds and the University of Connecticut (per classification/subject lines), implying authorization for state support or appropriations to create or operate the center.

Note: The full bill text was not included with the materials provided. Specific statutory language, governance structure, appropriations, reporting requirements, eligibility criteria, and timelines are not available in the supplied document.

Who would be affected

Veterans in Connecticut who may receive neuromodulation therapies (clinical access, referrals).

University of Connecticut (administration, faculty, clinical operations).

Hartford HealthCare Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (clinical partner).

State government (public health oversight, potential budget/appropriations).

Health care providers and researchers involved in neuromodulation, rehabilitation, and veteran health services.

Procedural status and timeline (selected actions)

Filed: March 14, 2025.

Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (listed Jan 16, 2025 in record).

Multiple committee referrals and readings between April–May 2025 (Higher Education; Education K–16; Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs at points in the record).

House action: Passed as amended (May 8, 2025); Received from the House (May 9, 2025); Reported engrossed (May 9, 2025).

Committee activity: public hearings and testimony recorded (April 22, May 23, 2025); left pending in committee after hearings.

Current status (per provided record): Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health; scheduled/considered at public hearings and left pending as of May 23, 2025.

Potential impact and considerations

Clinical: Could expand veteran access to neuromodulation therapies (pain, neurological and psychiatric indications depend on program scope).

Research & training: Likely to create opportunities for clinical trials, workforce training, and academic-clinical integration at UConn and Hartford HealthCare.

Fiscal: Subject to appropriations or state funding; budgetary impact unspecified in the provided materials.

Implementation: Actual effects will depend on statutory details (funding, governance, eligibility, and reporting requirements) which are not included here.

For a complete understanding of obligations, funding, and operational details, review of the bill’s full text and any fiscal notes or committee reports is necessary.

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