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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6364
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 6384
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING EM ERGENCY TRANSPORTATION FOR
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT K9S.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) Any ambulance service 1
licensed or certified pursuant to chapter 368d of the general statutes (1) 2
may provide emergency transportation for a state or local law 3
enforcement K9 to an emergency animal hospital for treatment of an 4
injury or illness incurred in the line of duty, and (2) shall not be liable 5
for damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution for the 6
emergency transportation of a state or local law enforcement K9. 7
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To allow ambulance services to transport a state or local law
enforcement K9 to an emergency animal hospital when the law
enforcement K9 is injured in the line of duty.
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[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. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.; SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.
REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist.; REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.
REP. DIMASSA, 116th Dist.
H.B. 6364