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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5866
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E PROVISION OF NECESSA RY MEDICAL
TREATMENT FOR DRUG -DEPENDENT PERSONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 54-36i of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(e) Moneys remaining in the drug assets forfeiture revolving 4
account at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund 5
but shall remain in the revolving account [to be used for the purposes 6
set forth in this section] and be allocated to the Department of Mental 7
Health and Addiction Services for the provision of inpatient treatment 8
services for drug-dependent persons at facilities operated by or under 9
contract with the department. 10
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) The Probate Court 11
Administrator shall, within available appropriations, prepare and 12
distribute informational materials that are designed to inform the 13
public of Probate Court procedures that may be of assistance in 14
securing necessary medical treatment for a drug-dependent person. 15
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Such informational materials shall include, but not be limited to, a 16
description of the Probate Court procedures set forth in section 17a-685 17
of the general statutes and the conservatorship process set forth in 18
sections 45a-644 to 45a-663, inclusive, of the general statutes. The 19
Probate Court Administrator shall make such informational materials 20
available in written form in each Probate Court in the state and on the 21
Internet web site of the Office of the Probate Court Administrator. 22
Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) The Probate Court Administrator shall 23
review all existing Probate Court procedures that may be of assistance 24
in securing necessary medical treatment for drug-dependent persons. 25
On or before February 1, 2020, the Probate Court Administrator shall 26
report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 27
statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 28
having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public 29
health on enhancements that could be made to Probate Court 30
procedures to better serve drug-dependent persons, and the family 31
and friends of such persons, in securing necessary medical treatment 32
for such persons. 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 54-36i(e)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 3 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To provide additional state resources in assisting drug-dependent
persons.
[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. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.; REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.; REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
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