General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5271
February Session, 2016 *_____HB05271PH_PS_030816____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 5271
February Session, 2016
*_____HB05271PH_PS_030816____*
AN ACT CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING IN STATE AND LOCAL POLICE TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-294r of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):
[On and after October 1, 2014, (1) each] Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, established under section 7-294b, or a municipal police department in the state shall include a course of not less than two hours on handling incidents involving (1) an individual affected with a serious mental illness, and (2) [each review training program conducted by such agencies shall make provisions for such a course] an individual affected with a developmental disability.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2016 7-294r
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2016
7-294r
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