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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 458
February Session, 2022
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INCARCERATED.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 18-81p of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
The Commissioner of Correction, in consultation with the 3
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Judicial 4
Department, shall annually review, evaluate and make 5
recommendations concerning [substance abuse detoxification and 6
treatment programs for drug-dependent pretrial and sentenced inmates 7
of correctional facilities and] (1) substance use disorder screening, 8
diagnostic and treatment services that are available to individuals who 9
are incarcerated during the entirety of any period of incarceration; (2) 10
mental health screening, diagnostic and treatment services that are 11
available to individuals who are incarcerated during the entirety of any 12
period of incarceration; and (3) the reintegration of such [inmates] 13
individuals into the community. [The commissioner shall examine 14
various options for the detoxification and treatment of drug-dependent 15
inmates including, but not limited to, methadone maintenance 16
treatment and other therapies or treatments, and the reintegration of 17 Substitute Bill No. 458
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drug-dependent inmates into the community upon their release from 18
incarceration, including the transfer of inmates to community-based 19
methadone or other therapy or treatment programs. The commissioner 20
shall report his findings and recommendations and submit a proposal 21
for detoxification, treatment and reintegration programs including, if 22
appropriate, the establishment of one or more pilot programs for 23
methadone maintenance or other therapy or treatment for drug-24
dependent inmates to the General Assembly not later than February 1, 25
1998.] On or before January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the 26
Commissioner of Correction shall report on such review, in accordance 27
with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of 28
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the 29
judiciary, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state 30
agencies. 31
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 18-81p
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.