General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6082
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1776
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6082
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1776
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that whenever a police officer arrests a person with no prior arrest record who the officer reasonably believes has psychiatric disabilities, the officer shall cause such person to be taken to a hospital or other facility for the performance of a clinical assessment of such person and a determination of whether such person would benefit from mental health services.
Statement of Purpose:
To assess the potential for recidivism among first-time offenders.