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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2866 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6365 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2866 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE PSYCHIATRIC SECURITY REVIEW | |
| 19 | 19 | BOARD. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Psychiatric 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | Security Review Board to consider the protection of society its "primary 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | concern" and the well-being of the acquittee its "secondary concern" 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | when evaluating for discharge, conditional release or confinement, (2) 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | in the context of an acquittee's request for temporary or conditional 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | leave: (A) Require said board to hold hearings on all applications for 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | temporary leave; (B) remove the ability of an acquittee to be released on 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | temporary leave under the charge of himself or herself; and (C) increase 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | the waiting period between applications for acquittee temporary leave 9 | |
| 32 | 32 | from six months to twelve months, (3) increase the waiting period 10 | |
| 33 | 33 | between applications for an acquittee's conditional release from six 11 | |
| 34 | 34 | months to twelve months, and (4) require said board to apply a burden 12 | |
| 35 | 35 | of proof of "clear and convincing evidence" when evaluating a request 13 | |
| 36 | 36 | for a placement order less restrictive than the existing order. 14 Proposed Bill No. 6365 | |
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| 39 | 39 | LCO No. 2866 2 of 2 | |
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| 41 | 41 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 42 | 42 | To reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board's management of the | |
| 43 | 43 | confinement and release of persons found not guilty by reason of | |
| 44 | 44 | insanity. |