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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 694
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3289
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING INMATE CLAIMS THAT ARE FILED WITH THE
OFFICE OF THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 53 of the general statutes be amended to permit an 1
inmate of any institution or facility of the Department of Correction or 2
the estate of such inmate, who has filed a claim with the Office of the 3
Claims Commissioner in connection with a fatal injury or an injury 4
that resulted in a permanent disability suffered while incarcerated, to 5
receive all personnel, protocol or policy reviews, medical files or 6
medical reviews, corrective action plans or summary reports in the 7
possession of the Department of Correction upon petition from such 8
inmate or the inmate's estate. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To provide for the fair and equitable adjudication of an inmate's claim
for death or permanent injuries suffered while incarcerated at an
institution or facility of the Department of Correction.