CT HB05191

Police officers may assist intoxicated persons in public to their home, treatment facility, or hospital with the person's consent.

Officers must take persons incapacitated by alcohol, drugs, or medical emergency into protective custody and transport them immediately to a medical triage facility or hospital.

Protective custody is not an arrest and no criminal record shall be created for the person taken into custody.

Medical officers must examine persons brought to treatment facilities and determine if inpatient treatment is required based on medical examination findings.

Persons admitted to treatment facilities shall be released once no longer incapacitated or within 48 hours, whichever is shorter, unless they consent to further treatment; family notification is required unless prohibited by federal law.

Persons without admission or referral and lacking funds shall be transported to their home or assisted in obtaining shelter.

Effective date: October 1, 2022.