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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7401
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF VICTIM SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a working 1
group to study victim services. Such study shall include, but not be 2
limited to, an examination of services provided to a victim of a crime 3
starting from the point of the commission of the crime and continuing 4
to the point that such person no longer needs such services. The study 5
shall include any recommendations for legislation to improve, enhance 6
or streamline the provision of such services. 7
(b) The working group shall consist of the following members: 8
(1) The Victim Advocate, or the Victim Advocate's designee; 9
(2) A municipal police chief appointed by the Connecticut Police 10
Chiefs Association; 11
(3) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 12
or the commissioner's designee; 13 Raised Bill No. 7401
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(4) The Commissioner of Correction, or the commissioner's 14
designee; 15
(5) The Chief Court Administrator, or the Chief Court 16
Administrator's designee; 17
(6) A representative of the Office of Victim Services of the Judicial 18
Branch designated by the Chief Court Administrator; and 19
(7) A member of the Board of Pardons and Paroles designated by 20
the chairperson of the board. 21
(c) Not later than January 1, 2020, the working group shall submit a 22
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 23
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 24
relating to the judiciary, in accordance with the provisions of section 25
11-4a of the general statutes. The working group shall terminate on the 26
date that it submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 27
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To study existing victim services and provide for recommendations to
improve such services.
[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.]