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CT HB06581
Bill
Status
2/1/2023
Primary Sponsor
Public Safety and Security Committee
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AI Summary
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Police officers may assist intoxicated persons in public places with their consent to their home, treatment facility, or hospital.
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Police officers must take persons incapacitated by alcohol, drugs, or medical emergency into protective custody and bring them to a treatment facility with medical triage or hospital.
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Taking a person into protective custody is not an arrest and no arrest record shall be made.
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Persons brought to treatment must be examined by medical officers who determine if inpatient treatment is needed, with patients released once no longer incapacitated or within 48 hours, whichever is shorter.
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Family or next of kin must be notified promptly unless prohibited by federal law or the patient requests no notification; persons not admitted and lacking funds must be taken home or assisted in obtaining shelter.
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Emergency Intervention By A Police Officer When A Person Is Incapacitated By Drugs Or Due To A Medical Emergency.
Last Action
File Number 307
3/29/2023