Connecticut 2014 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05519 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5519
22 February Session, 2014 LCO No. 1718
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT INTERNSHIPS.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2014) (a) For purposes of this section:
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3030 (1) "Internship" means supervised practical training of a student intern that is comprised of curriculum and workplace standards approved by the Department of Education and the Labor Department;
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3232 (2) "Internship provider" means a person, as defined in section 1-79 of the general statutes, who contracts with a local or regional board of education that operates an agricultural science and technology education center, pursuant to section 10-64 of the general statutes, to provide an internship to students enrolled in such agricultural science and technology education center; and
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3434 (3) "Student intern" means a student enrolled in an agricultural science and technology education center participating in an internship offered or provided by an internship provider.
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3636 (b) No internship provider shall be liable to a student intern or a parent or guardian of a student intern for civil damages for any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions of such internship provider offering or providing an internship to a student intern that may constitute ordinary negligence. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton misconduct.
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4141 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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4444 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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54+To provide immunity from liability for injuries arising out of internships offered as part of an agricultural science and technology education center.
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