General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5515
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1402
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5515
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1402
*01402_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING RESIDENTIAL STAYS AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 18-101b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
(a) Any inmate of a correctional facility under the authority of the Department of Correction, involved in a departmental program for drug dependent inmates or in a departmental work or education release program, may request that he be allowed to remain in a correctional facility for up to ninety days beyond his parole release or discharge date.
(b) Any inmate of a correctional facility under the authority of the Department of Correction may request that he be allowed to remain in a correctional facility for up to thirty days beyond his discharge date (1) if such inmate is scheduled to be discharged to a treatment program or health care institution but the program or institution is unable to accept the inmate on the scheduled discharge date, or (2) for any compelling reason deemed consistent with offender rehabilitation or treatment.
[(b)] (c) Any person under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction, involved in a program operated by a state department other than the Department of Correction, may request that he be allowed to remain in such program for up to ninety days beyond his parole release or discharge date.
[(c)] (d) Any inmate requesting permission to remain in a correctional facility, as provided in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or any person requesting permission to remain in a program, as provided in subsection [(b)] (c) of this section, shall submit such request, in writing, to the Commissioner of Correction not later than one week prior to the scheduled date for the inmate's parole release or discharge.
[(d)] (e) Any inmate receiving permission to remain in a correctional facility or any person receiving permission to remain in a program operated by a state department other than the Department of Correction beyond his scheduled date for parole release or discharge may be charged a reasonable daily fee by the appropriate department while [said inmate is] housed in a facility of [said] such department.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 18-101b
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
18-101b
Statement of Purpose:
To allow an inmate to remain in a correctional facility for thirty days beyond the inmate's discharge date while awaiting acceptance into a treatment program or health care institution or for any compelling reason deemed consistent with offender rehabilitation or treatment.
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