General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 170
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1220
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. HARP, 10th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist. REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist. REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist. REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 170
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1220
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. HARP, 10th Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.
REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.
REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.
REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.
REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.
REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INMATES WITH HEALTH CARE PLANS UPON RELEASE FROM INCARCERATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to implement a pilot program to provide each inmate, upon the inmate's discharge from incarceration, with a health care plan that includes a thirty-day supply of medication, initiated applications for health care benefits and identification of a primary care provider.
Statement of Purpose:
To proactively address the needs of inmates being released thereby increasing inmates' chances for successful reintegration into the community and reducing the recidivism rate.