CT HB05154

Peace officers responding to family violence incidents must provide victims with contact information for regional family violence organizations offering trauma-informed counseling services, effective January 1, 2023.

Police officers and emergency medical technicians must carry copies of documents concerning children's behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources in their vehicles, starting January 1, 2023.

Police officers and emergency medical technicians must carry copies of documents about domestic violence victim services and resources in their vehicles, starting January 1, 2023.

When a child is present at a family violence incident, officers must provide victims with information about behavioral and mental health resources available to children in their mental health region, effective January 1, 2023.

The Department of Children and Families must develop mental health resource documents for each mental health region by December 1, 2021, and the Office of Victim Services must compile domestic violence resources by December 1, 2022, both to be provided in English, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish.