Connecticut 2021 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00079 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/11/2021

                     
 
LCO No. 114   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 79  
January Session, 2021  
LCO No. 114 
 
 
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DIVERSION OF PERSONS FROM THE 
JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That titles 46b and 54 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1 
that any person in the care and custody of the Department of 2 
Developmental Services be diverted at the time of an arrest from the 3 
judicial system back to the direct custody of the Department of 4 
Developmental Services. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To provide that any person in the care and custody of the Department 
of Developmental Services be diverted at the time of an arrest from the 
judicial system back to the direct custody of the Department of 
Developmental Services.