Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00481 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/22/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 481
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 2198
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 481 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 2198

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO THE MEDICAL RECORDS OF A DECEASED PERPETRATOR OF HOMICIDE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to establish a judicial process by which the next of kin of a homicide victim may petition the court for a limited release of certain medical and psychiatric records relating to a deceased perpetrator of the homicide.

Statement of Purpose: 

To establish a judicial process that allows the next of kin of a homicide victim to seek limited access to the medical and psychiatric records of the deceased perpetrator of the homicide.