Connecticut hospitals were targeted by the legislature recently with a last-minute addition to the budget bill passed in June. Significant changes made by this provision to current law about mandatory overtime for registered nurses will relieve unions and RNs from complying with longstanding contracts about scheduling and overtime. The legislation was embedded in Public Act 23-204, which is the nearly 900-page budget implementer bill that was signed by the governor on June 12, 2023. The changes take effect October 1, 2023.