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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6884
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2692
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO
PROVIDE CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY SERVICES
TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING OR INTIMATE
PARTNER VIOLENCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 185 of the general statutes be amended to require 1
institutions of higher education to provide confidential counselors and 2
advocates, trained to assist victims of sexual assault, stalking or 3
intimate partner violence, at each residential campus for the provision 4
of crisis services to victims of sexual assault, stalking or intimate 5
partner violence. Such crisis services shall include, but not be limited 6
to, providing (1) information on reporting procedures, both on and off 7
campus, (2) information on medical services available on or off 8
campus, and (3) information on legal services available on or off 9
campus. 10 Proposed Bill No. 6884
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Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that crisis counseling and advocacy services are available to
victims of sexual assault, stalking or intimate partner violence at each
residential campus of institutions of higher education.