General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6093
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 777
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. LABRIOLA, 131st Dist. REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6093
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 777
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. LABRIOLA, 131st Dist.
REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING DISSEMINATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to make it a crime for first responders to take one or more photographs or electronic images or make a video recording of an accident victim or other persons receiving medical services and to distribute, disseminate or otherwise make available such images to the public without the consent of the victim or the victim's next of kin, and to provide that such crime shall be punishable as a class A misdemeanor.
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit first responders disseminating photographs of accident victims and patients to the public without consent of the victim or patient.