General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6648
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 5173
*05173_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6648
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 5173
*05173_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) Whenever a police officer arrests a person with no prior arrest record whom 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.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To assess the potential for recidivism among first-time offenders.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]