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CT HB05586
Bill
Status
1/26/2021
Primary Sponsor
Public Safety and Security Committee
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AI Summary
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Division of State Police shall expand the CRISIS Initiative (Connection to Recovery through Intervention, Support, and Initiating Services) statewide by January 1, 2022, in conjunction with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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Expanded program must include training for state police officers, coordination between state police and mental health professionals, and referrals to mental health facilities.
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Police officers may take persons into protective custody and transport them to general hospitals for emergency examination if they have reasonable cause to believe the person has psychiatric disabilities and is dangerous or gravely disabled, or is suffering from an apparent narcotics overdose.
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Officers must execute a written request for emergency examination detailing the circumstances of protective custody, which shall be left with the facility.
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Persons taken into custody shall be examined within 24 hours and held for no more than 72 hours unless committed under section 17a-502.
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning The Expansion Of The Crisis Initiative Pilot Program Throughout The State And The Emergency Intervention By A Police Officer When A Person Suffers An Opioid Overdose.
Last Action
Tabled for the Calendar, House
5/4/2021