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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5156
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5847
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING TR AINING FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND
EMERGENCY SERVICES M EDICAL PERSONNEL REG ARDING
JUVENILES WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER OR NONVERBAL
LEARNING DISORDER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2020) On and after January 1, 1
2020, each initial, review or refresher training program for firefighters 2
of a municipal, state or volunteer fire department or emergency 3
medical services personnel, as defined in section 20-206jj of the general 4
statutes, shall include a course on techniques for handling incidents, 5
such as wandering, that involve juveniles with autism spectrum 6
disorder or nonverbal learning disorder if the curriculum for such 7
techniques is made available at no cost to the training provider from 8
(1) institutions of higher education, health care professionals or 9
advocacy organizations that are concerned with juveniles with autism 10
spectrum disorder or nonverbal learning disorder, or (2) a 11
collaboration of such institutions, professionals or organizations. 12
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2020 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require training for firefighters and emergency services medical
personnel on techniques for handling incidents involving juveniles
with autism spectrum disorder or nonverbal learning disorder, if the
curriculum is available at no cost.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.; REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
REP. GREEN, 55th Dist.; REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.
REP. HAYES, 51st Dist.; SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.
H.B. 5156