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| 4 | 4 | | LCO No. 5531 1 of 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1069 |
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| 7 | 7 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 8 | 8 | | LCO No. 5531 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (JUD) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING FE MALE GENITAL MUTILAT ION. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) The Commissioner of Public 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Health, in consultation with staff at The Women's Center at The 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | University of Connecticut Health Center, shall conduct a study of 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | female genital mutilation in this state and report the results of such 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | study in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | statutes to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public health 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | not later than February 1, 2021. 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) As part of such study, the Commissioner of Public Health shall 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | identify any public health intervention that might result in the 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | elimination of any procedure conducted as part of the practice of female 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | genital mutilation by evaluating peer-reviewed medical literature 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | concerning the practice in the United States and other countries in which 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | women are affected by female genital mutilation. The study shall (1) 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | identify knowledge and training concerning communication, cultural 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | competence, clinical identification of female genital mutilation, clinical 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 5531 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | management practices and service configuration necessary to counsel 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | women affected by female genital mutilation, and (2) evaluate the effects 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of banning female genital mutilation on women seeking reproductive 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and maternal health services, including prenatal care. 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (c) For purposes of this section, "female genital mutilation" means any 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | procedure involving partial or total removal of the external female 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for nonmedical 23 |
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| 49 | 49 | | reasons, including, but not limited to, piercing, cutting, removing or 24 |
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| 50 | 50 | | sewing closed all or part of a girl's or woman's external genitalia. 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 52 | 52 | | sections: |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section |
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| 56 | 56 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 57 | 57 | | To study and recommend ways to identify public health interventions |
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| 58 | 58 | | that might result in the elimination of any procedure conducted as part |
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| 59 | 59 | | of the practice of female genital mutilation. |
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| 60 | 60 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 61 | 61 | | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 62 | 62 | | underlined.] |
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