Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06168 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6168
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on AGING
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15	13		Introduced by:
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20	19		AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY A CONSERVED
21	20		PERSON'S RIGHT TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
26	25		to study how best to ensure the rights of a person under 2
27	26		conservatorship, as defined in section 45a-656b of the general statutes, 3
28	27		to interact with others. Such study shall include, but need not be 4
29	28		limited to, an examination of the least restrictive means to ensure such 5
30	29		person may maintain relationships with family members and others 6
31	30		while taking into account the safety of such person and minimizing 7
32	31		burdens on a conservator of the person, as defined in section 45a-644 8
33	32		of the general statutes. 9
34	33		(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 10
35	34		(1) Two members of a legal services organization whose members 11
36	35		represent persons under conservatorship, appointed by the speaker of 12
37	36		the House of Representatives; 13
38	37		(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one 14 Raised Bill No. 6168
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45	43		of whom represents a conserved person and one of whom is a 15
46	44		conservator of the person; 16
47	45		(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 17
48	46		Representatives; 18
49	47		(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 19
50	48		(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 20
51	49		Representatives; 21
52	50		(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and 22
53	51		(7) The Probate Court Administrator, or the Probate Court 23
54	52		Administrator's designee. 24
55	53		(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (3), 25
56	54		(4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the 26
57	55		General Assembly. 27
58	56		(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 28
59	57		thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 29
60	58		filled by the appointing authority. 30
61	59		(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 31
62	60		pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 32
63	61		from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 33
64	62		schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 34
65	63		later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 35
66	64		(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 36
67	65		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging shall 37
68	66		serve as administrative staff of the task force. 38
69	67		(g) Not later than December 1, 2019, the task force shall submit a 39
70	68		report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 40
71	69		committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 41
72	70		relating to aging and the judiciary, in accordance with the provisions 42 Raised Bill No. 6168
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79	76		of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate 43
80	77		on the date that it submits such report or December 1, 2019, whichever 44
81	78		is later. 45
82	79		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
83	80		sections:
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85	82		Section 1 from passage New section
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	84	+	Statement of Purpose:
	85	+	To establish a task force to study how best to ensure the rights of
	86	+	conserved persons to interact with others.
	87	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	88	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	89	+	not underlined.]
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