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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1110
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING AC CESS TO RECORDS BY P ERSONS WHO
ARE INJURED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMMI SSIONER OF
CORRECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) An inmate, his or her 1
legal representative or the legal representative of the estate of an 2
inmate, who provides a written request for documents to the 3
Commissioner of Correction in connection with a fatal injury suffered 4
by the inmate while incarcerated or an injury that resulted in the 5
inmate suffering a permanent disability while incarcerated, may 6
receive all personnel, protocol or policy reviews, medical files, medical 7
reviews, corrective action plans or summary reports in the possession 8
of the Department of Correction that are relevant to such request. The 9
Commissioner of Correction shall ensure that such documentary 10
materials are provided to the inmate, his or her legal representative or 11
the legal representative of the estate of an inmate not later than sixty 12
days after the date of receipt of the written request, unless the 13
disclosure of the documentary materials is otherwise prohibited by 14
state or federal law. The Commissioner of Correction shall adopt 15
regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 16
general statutes to implement the provisions of this section. Such 17
regulations shall include (1) a process for resolving any dispute 18
concerning the production of documentary materials by the 19 Substitute Bill No. 1110
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Department of Correction under this section, and (2) a delineation of 20
the fees, if any, that the Department of Correction may impose when 21
complying with a request for documentary materials under this 22
section. 23
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.