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1919 AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVISOR'S TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO
2020 THE GENERAL STATUTES.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2222 Assembly convened:
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2424 Section 1. Section 4-29b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
2525 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
2626 Any state agency which receives indirect cost recoveries from federal 3
2727 grant funds or other sources, when such recoveries apply to costs 4
2828 originally paid from the General Fund, shall deposit such cost recoveries 5
2929 with the Treasurer, to the credit of General Fund revenues, unless such 6
3030 deposit is waived by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 7
3131 Management. This section does not apply to any applicable surcharges 8
3232 on assessments recovered by the state pursuant to sections 12-586f and 9
3333 12-586g. [and 12-586f.] For purposes of this section "state agency" does 10
3434 not include any constituent unit of the state system of higher education 11
3535 or any state institution of higher education. 12
3636 Sec. 2. Section 4-66o of the general statutes is repealed and the 13
3737 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 14
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4545 receivables for the revenue anticipated pursuant to subparagraph [(K)] 16
4646 (L) of subdivision (1) of section 12-408 and section 4-66l. 17
4747 Sec. 3. Subsection (e) of section 4-151 of the general statutes is 18
4848 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 19
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5050 (e) If any person refuses to testify or to produce any relevant, 21
5151 unprivileged book, paper, record or document, the Claims 22
5252 Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy 23
5353 shall certify such fact to the Attorney General, who shall apply to the 24
5454 superior court for the judicial district in which such person resides for 25
5555 an order compelling compliance. Further refusal of such person shall be 26
5656 punished as provided [by] in section 2-46. If such person is the claimant, 27
5757 the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a 28
5858 special deputy shall summarily dismiss the claim and order it forfeited 29
5959 to the state. 30
6060 Sec. 4. Section 4-151a of the general statutes is repealed and the 31
6161 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 32
6262 Upon the motion of the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims 33
6363 Commissioner [,] or a special deputy, or at the request of the claimant 34
6464 or the representative for the state, which representative may in 35
6565 appropriate cases be the Attorney General, the Claims Commissioner, 36
6666 the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy may waive the 37
6767 hearing of any claim for ten thousand dollars or less and proceed upon 38
6868 affidavits filed by the claimant and the state agency concerned. 39
6969 Sec. 5. Subsection (h) of section 4-160 of the general statutes is 40
7070 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 41
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7272 (h) In each action authorized by the Claims Commissioner, the 43
7373 Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy, or any action where 44
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8181 the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a 46
8282 special deputy pursuant to subsections (a) to (f), inclusive, of this section 47
8383 or by the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-159 [,] or 4-159a, the 48
8484 claimant shall allege such authorization or permission and the date on 49
8585 which it was granted, except that evidence of such authorization or 50
8686 permission shall not be admissible in such action as evidence of the 51
8787 state's liability. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, (1) 52
8888 the state waives its immunity from liability and from suit in each such 53
8989 action and waives all defenses which might arise from the eleemosynary 54
9090 or governmental nature of the activity complained of, and (2) the rights 55
9191 and liability of the state in each such action shall be coextensive with 56
9292 and shall equal the rights and liability of private persons in like 57
9393 circumstances. 58
9494 Sec. 6. Subsection (j) of section 4-160 of the general statutes is repealed 59
9595 and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 60
9696 (j) Civil process directed against the state shall be served as provided 61
9797 [by] in section 52-64. 62
9898 Sec. 7. Subsection (c) of section 4-186 of the general statutes is 63
9999 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 64
100100 1, 2025): 65
101101 (c) The Employment Security Division, the Labor Commissioner or 66
102102 said commissioner's designee with respect to the Family and Medical 67
103103 Leave Insurance Program, the Board of Mediation and Arbitration of the 68
104104 state Labor Department, the Office of the Claims Commissioner [,] and 69
105105 the Workers' Compensation Commission are exempt from the 70
106106 provisions of section 4-176e and sections 4-177 to 4-183, inclusive. 71
107107 Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 7-438 of the general statutes is 72
108108 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 73
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117117 employment from the state or from any municipality of the state other 76
118118 than a participating municipality [,] shall continue to receive his or her 77
119119 retirement allowance while so employed, and shall be eligible to 78
120120 participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the state retirement system 79
121121 or such retirement system of such municipality, as applicable, for the 80
122122 period of such employment. 81
123123 Sec. 9. Subdivisions (4) and (5) of subsection (a) of section 12-217zz of 82
124124 the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 83
125125 thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 84
126126 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of this 85
127127 subsection, the aggregate amount allowable of tax credits and any 86
128128 remaining credits available under section 12-217j or 12-217n after tax 87
129129 credits are utilized in accordance with said subdivision shall not exceed 88
130130 (A) for income years commencing on or after January 1, 2022, and prior 89
131131 to January 1, 2023, sixty per cent of the amount of tax due from such 90
132132 taxpayer under this chapter with respect to any such income year of the 91
133133 taxpayer prior to the application of such credit or credits, and (B) for 92
134134 income years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to 93
135135 January 1, 2024, seventy per cent of the amount of tax due from such 94
136136 taxpayer under this chapter with respect to any such income year of the 95
137137 taxpayer prior to the application of such credit or credits; [.] 96
138138 (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of this 97
139139 subsection, for income years commencing on or after January 1, 2024, 98
140140 the aggregate amount allowable of tax credits and any remaining credits 99
141141 available under section 12-217j or 12-217n or subparagraph (B) of 100
142142 subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 12-217x, after tax credits are 101
143143 utilized in accordance with subdivision (2) of this subsection, shall not 102
144144 exceed seventy per cent of the amount of tax due from such taxpayer 103
145145 under this chapter with respect to any such income year of the taxpayer 104
146146 prior to the application of such credit or credits. 105
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153153 Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 12-287 of the general statutes is 106
154154 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 107
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156156 (a) Each person engaging in, or intending to engage in, the business 109
157157 of selling cigarettes in this state as a dealer [,] and each person engaging 110
158158 in, or intending to engage in, the business of selling taxed tobacco 111
159159 products at retail [,] shall secure a dealer's license from the 112
160160 Commissioner of Revenue Services before engaging in such business or 113
161161 continuing to engage therein. The department shall not issue an initial 114
162162 license to an applicant until such applicant has complied with the 115
163163 provisions of subsection (b) of this section. Subject to the provisions of 116
164164 section 12-286, such license shall be renewable annually, provided that 117
165165 prior to renewal the commissioner shall consider any comments 118
166166 received pursuant to section 12-287a. 119
167167 Sec. 11. Subdivision (5) of subsection (e) of section 12-410 of the 120
168168 general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 121
169169 thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 122
170170 (5) For purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the sale of 123
171171 services described in subdivision (37) of subsection (a) of section 12-407 124
172172 shall be considered a sale for resale if such services are subsequently 125
173173 resold as an integral, inseparable component part of digital goods sold 126
174174 by the purchaser of the services to an ultimate consumer of the digital 127
175175 goods. The purchaser of the services described in subdivision (37) of 128
176176 subsection (a) of section 12-407 for resale shall maintain, in such form as 129
177177 the commissioner requires, records that substantiate: (A) From whom 130
178178 the services described in subdivision (37) of subsection (a) of section 12-131
179179 407 were [purchases] purchased and to whom the digital goods were 132
180180 sold, licensed [,] or leased, (B) the purchase prices of the services 133
181181 described in subdivision (37) of subsection (a) of section 12-407, and (C) 134
182182 the nature of the transaction with the ultimate consumer. 135
183183 Sec. 12. Subsection (a) of section 17a-566 of the general statutes is 136
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192192 (a) Except as provided in section 17a-574, any court prior to 139
193193 sentencing a person convicted of an offense for which the penalty may 140
194194 be imprisonment in any correctional institution of this state, or of a sex 141
195195 offense involving (1) physical force or violence, (2) disparity of age 142
196196 between an adult and a minor, or (3) a sexual act of a compulsive or 143
197197 repetitive nature, may, if it appears to the court that such person has 144
198198 psychiatric disabilities and is dangerous to himself, herself or others, 145
199199 upon its own motion or upon request of any of the persons enumerated 146
200200 in subsection (b) of this section and a subsequent finding that such 147
201201 request is justified, order the commissioner to conduct an examination 148
202202 of the convicted defendant by qualified personnel of the hospital. Upon 149
203203 completion of such examination the examiner shall report in writing to 150
204204 the court. Such report shall indicate whether the convicted defendant 151
205205 should be committed to the diagnostic unit of the hospital for additional 152
206206 examination or should be sentenced in accordance with the conviction. 153
207207 Such examination shall be conducted and the report made to the court 154
208208 not later than fifteen days after the order for the examination. Such 155
209209 examination may be conducted at a correctional facility if the defendant 156
210210 is confined or it may be conducted on an outpatient basis at the hospital 157
211211 or other appropriate location. If the report recommends additional 158
212212 examination at the diagnostic unit, the court may, after a hearing, order 159
213213 the convicted defendant committed to the diagnostic unit of the hospital 160
214214 for a period not to exceed sixty days, except as provided in section 17a-161
215215 567 provided the hearing may be waived by the defendant. Such 162
216216 commitment shall not be effective until the director certifies to the court 163
217217 that space is available at the diagnostic unit. While confined in said 164
218218 diagnostic unit, the defendant shall be given a complete physical and 165
219219 psychiatric examination by the staff of the unit and may receive 166
220220 medication and treatment without his consent. The director shall have 167
221221 authority to procure all court records, institutional records and 168
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230230 Sec. 13. Subsection (a) of section 17a-238b of the general statutes is 171
231231 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 172
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233233 (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, in consultation 174
234234 with the Commissioner of Social Services and the Secretary of the Office 175
235235 of Policy and Management, shall reduce waiting lists for services in 176
236236 Medicaid waiver programs established under Section 1915(c) of the 177
237237 Social Security Act and administered by the Department of 178
238238 Developmental Services. Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually 179
239239 thereafter, the Commissioner of Developmental Services, in 180
240240 consultation with the Office of Policy and Management staff person 181
241241 employed pursuant to section 4-67bb to help agencies coordinate 182
242242 programs and services for individuals who have an intellectual or 183
243243 developmental disability other than autism spectrum disorder, shall file 184
244244 a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, with the 185
245245 joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 186
246246 of matters relating to appropriations, human services and public health. 187
247247 The report shall include, but need not be limited to, data from the prior 188
248248 fiscal year regarding information on persons currently receiving 189
249249 services through the Medicaid waiver programs administered by the 190
250250 Department of Developmental Services. Such information shall include 191
251251 aggregated, deidentified data regarding the following: 192
252252 (1) The number and age ranges of persons who are not receiving 193
253253 services through the department's Medicaid waiver programs and are 194
254254 included on the department's [wait] waiting list for residential services; 195
255255 (2) The number and age ranges of persons who are currently 196
256256 receiving Medicaid waiver program services through the department, 197
257257 but are waiting for residential services and are included on the 198
258258 department's [wait] waiting list for residential support services, 199
259259 including the type of services being provided; 200
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267267 previous fiscal year and, if so, by how many persons; 202
268268 (4) The number of persons who have an intellectual or developmental 203
269269 disability other than autism spectrum disorder who are waiting for 204
270270 access to employment opportunities or day services; 205
271271 (5) The number and age ranges of the primary caregiver for persons 206
272272 with an intellectual or developmental disability other than autism 207
273273 spectrum disorder who are living in their family home; 208
274274 (6) Recommendations and initiatives the department is developing to 209
275275 reduce the waiting list over the next fiscal year; 210
276276 (7) The number and age ranges of individuals currently being served 211
277277 through the Medicaid waiver programs; 212
278278 (8) The number and age ranges of individuals currently receiving 213
279279 residential services through the Medicaid waiver programs; and 214
280280 (9) The number and age ranges of persons added to and subtracted 215
281281 from waiting lists over the previous fiscal year. 216
282282 Sec. 14. Subsection (a) of section 17b-80 of the general statutes is 217
283283 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 218
284284 1, 2025): 219
285285 (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for aid, shall 220
286286 promptly and with due diligence make an investigation, such 221
287287 investigation to be completed within forty-five days after receipt of the 222
288288 application or within sixty days after receipt of the application in the 223
289289 case of an application in which a determination of disability must be 224
290290 made. If an application for an award is not acted on within forty-five 225
291291 days after the filing of an application, or within sixty days in the case of 226
292292 an application in which a determination of disability must be made, the 227
293293 applicant may apply to the commissioner for a hearing in accordance 228
294294 with sections 17b-60 and 17b-61. The commissioner shall grant aid only 229
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302302 case [he] the commissioner shall grant aid in such amount, determined 231
303303 in accordance with levels of payments established by the commissioner, 232
304304 as is needed in order to enable the applicant to support himself or 233
305305 herself, or, in the case of temporary family assistance, to enable the 234
306306 relative to support such dependent child or children and himself or 235
307307 herself, in health and decency, including the costs of such medical care 236
308308 as he deems necessary and reasonable, not in excess of the amounts set 237
309309 forth in the various fee schedules promulgated by the Commissioner of 238
310310 Social Services for medical, dental and allied services and supplies or 239
311311 the charges made for comparable services and supplies to the general 240
312312 public, whichever is less, and the cost of necessary hospitalization as is 241
313313 provided in section 17b-239, over and above hospital insurance or other 242
314314 such benefits, including workers' compensation and claims for 243
315315 negligent or wilful injury. The commissioner, subject to the provisions 244
316316 of subsection (b) of this section, shall, in determining need, take into 245
317317 consideration any available income and resources of the individual 246
318318 claiming assistance. The commissioner shall make periodic 247
319319 investigations to determine eligibility and may, at any time, modify, 248
320320 suspend or discontinue an award previously made when such action is 249
321321 necessary to carry out the provisions of the state supplement program, 250
322322 medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program, 251
323323 state-administered general assistance program or supplemental 252
324324 nutrition assistance program. The parent or parents of any child for 253
325325 whom aid is received under the temporary family assistance program 254
326326 and any beneficiary receiving assistance under the state supplement 255
327327 program shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the 256
328328 provisions of sections 17b-93 and 17b-95. 257
329329 Sec. 15. Subsection (a) of section 17b-261 of the general statutes is 258
330330 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 259
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332332 (a) Medical assistance shall be provided for any otherwise eligible 261
333333 person (1) whose income, including any available support from legally 262
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341341 child, is not more than one hundred fifty-nine per cent, pending 264
342342 approval of a federal waiver applied for pursuant to subsection (e) of 265
343343 this section, of the benefit amount paid to a person with no income 266
344344 under the temporary family assistance program, and (2) if such person 267
345345 is an institutionalized individual as defined in Section 1917 of the Social 268
346346 Security Act, 42 USC 1396p(h)(3), and has not made an assignment or 269
347347 transfer or other disposition of property for less than fair market value 270
348348 for the purpose of establishing eligibility for benefits or assistance under 271
349349 this section. Any such disposition shall be treated in accordance with 272
350350 Section 1917(c) of the Social Security Act, 42 USC 1396p(c). Any 273
351351 disposition of property made on behalf of an applicant or recipient or 274
352352 the spouse of an applicant or recipient by a guardian, conservator, 275
353353 person authorized to make such disposition pursuant to a power of 276
354354 attorney or other person so authorized by law shall be attributed to such 277
355355 applicant, recipient or spouse. A disposition of property ordered by a 278
356356 court shall be evaluated in accordance with the standards applied to any 279
357357 other such disposition for the purpose of determining eligibility. The 280
358358 commissioner shall establish the standards for eligibility for medical 281
359359 assistance at one hundred fifty-nine per cent of the benefit amount paid 282
360360 to a household of equal size with no income under the temporary family 283
361361 assistance program. In determining eligibility, the commissioner shall 284
362362 not consider as income Aid and Attendance pension benefits granted to 285
363363 a veteran, as defined in section 27-103, or the surviving spouse of such 286
364364 veteran. Except as provided in section 17b-277 and section 17b-292, the 287
365365 medical assistance program shall provide coverage to persons under the 288
366366 age of nineteen with household income up to one hundred ninety-six 289
367367 per cent of the federal poverty level without an asset limit and to 290
368368 persons under the age of nineteen, who qualify for coverage under 291
369369 Section 1931 of the Social Security Act, with household income not 292
370370 exceeding one hundred ninety-six per cent of the federal poverty level 293
371371 without an asset limit, and their parents and needy caretaker relatives, 294
372372 who qualify for coverage under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act, 295
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381381 based on the regional differences in such benefit amount, if applicable, 298
382382 unless such levels based on regional differences are not in conformance 299
383383 with federal law. Any income in excess of the applicable amounts shall 300
384384 be applied as may be required by said federal law, and assistance shall 301
385385 be granted for the balance of the cost of authorized medical assistance. 302
386386 The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide applicants for 303
387387 assistance under this section, at the time of application, with a written 304
388388 statement advising them of (A) the effect of an assignment or transfer or 305
389389 other disposition of property on eligibility for benefits or assistance, (B) 306
390390 the effect that having income that exceeds the limits prescribed in this 307
391391 subsection will have with respect to program eligibility, and (C) the 308
392392 availability of, and eligibility for, services provided by the Connecticut 309
393393 Home Visiting System, established pursuant to section 17b-751b. For 310
394394 coverage dates on or after January 1, 2014, the department shall use the 311
395395 modified adjusted gross income financial eligibility rules set forth in 312
396396 Section 1902(e)(14) of the Social Security Act and the implementing 313
397397 regulations to determine eligibility for HUSKY A, HUSKY B and 314
398398 HUSKY D applicants, as defined in section 17b-290. Persons who are 315
399399 determined ineligible for assistance pursuant to this section shall be 316
400400 provided a written statement notifying such persons of their ineligibility 317
401401 and advising such persons of their potential eligibility for one of the 318
402402 other insurance affordability programs as defined in 42 CFR 435.4. 319
403403 Sec. 16. Subsection (k) of section 19a-561 of the general statutes is 320
404404 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 321
405405 1, 2025): 322
406406 (k) In any case in which the commissioner finds that there has been a 323
407407 substantial failure to comply with the requirements established under 324
408408 this chapter, or regulations adopted thereunder, the commissioner may 325
409409 require the nursing facility licensee and the nursing facility 326
410410 management [service] services certificate holder to jointly submit a plan 327
411411 of correction as described in section 19a-496. A plan of correction 328
412412 accepted by the department shall constitute an order of the department. 329
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423423 general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 334
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425425 (10) An overview of the department's activities concerning digital 336
426426 media, motion pictures and related production activity, and an analysis 337
427427 of the use of the film production tax credit established under section 12-338
428428 217jj, the entertainment industry infrastructure tax credit established 339
429429 under section 12-217kk and the digital animation production tax credit 340
430430 established under section 12-217ll, including the amount of any tax 341
431431 credit issued under said sections, the total amount of production 342
432432 expenses or costs incurred in the state by the taxpayer who was issued 343
433433 such a tax credit and the information submitted in the report required 344
434434 under subparagraph (A) of subdivision [(1)] (2) of subsection (h) of 345
435435 section 12-217jj. 346
436436 Sec. 18. Subsection (e) of section 34-267g of the general statutes is 347
437437 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 348
438438 1, 2025): 349
439439 (e) After filing the certificate of dissolution by forfeiture, the Secretary 350
440440 of the State shall: (1) Send a copy thereof to the delinquent limited 351
441441 liability company addressed to such limited liability [company] 352
442442 company's electronic mail address as last shown on the Secretary's 353
443443 records; and (2) cause notice of the filing of such certificate of dissolution 354
444444 by forfeiture to be posted on the office of the Secretary of the State's 355
445445 Internet web site for a period of sixty days following the date on which 356
446446 the Secretary of the State files the certificate of dissolution by forfeiture. 357
447447 Sec. 19. Subparagraph (A) of subdivision (8) of subsection (q) of 358
448448 section 46b-121n of the general statutes is repealed and the following is 359
449449 substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 360
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457457 need not be limited to: 362
458458 (i) Identification of a single state agency and designation of a program 363
459459 manager within that agency who will be responsible for planning, 364
460460 coordination, oversight, supervision, quality control, legal compliance 365
461461 and allocation of relevant federal and state funds for children in justice 366
462462 system custody; 367
463463 (ii) A detailed description of how educational services will be 368
464464 provided to children in justice system custody and how education-369
465465 related supports will be provided to children during transition out of 370
466466 justice system custody, either directly by the single state agency 371
467467 identified by the plan pursuant to clause (i) of this subparagraph or 372
468468 through a state-wide contract with a single nonprofit provider; 373
469469 (iii) An analysis of resources expended for educating children in 374
470470 justice system custody and for supporting educational success during 375
471471 transitions out of justice system custody, and recommendations for 376
472472 consolidating and reallocating resources towards the oversight, 377
473473 accountability, services and supports provided for in the plan pursuant 378
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475475 (iv) Provisions for ensuring that a range of pathways to educational 380
476476 and economic opportunity are available for children in justice system 381
477477 custody, including at a minimum a traditional high school diploma 382
478478 program, an accelerated credit recovery program, vocational training 383
479479 programs and access to post-secondary educational options; 384
480480 (v) Specifications for a state-wide accountability and quality control 385
481481 system for schools that serve children in justice system custody. The 386
482482 accountability and quality control system shall include, but need not be 387
483483 limited to: 388
484484 (I) A specialized school profile and performance report, to be 389
485485 produced annually for each school that serves children in justice system 390
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493493 other accountability systems required by law and shall include criteria 392
494494 and metrics tailored to measuring the quality of schools that serve 393
495495 children in justice system custody. Such metrics shall include, but need 394
496496 not be limited to: Student growth in reading and math; credit 395
497497 accumulation; modified graduation rates and high school equivalent 396
498498 passage rates; school attendance, defined as the percentage of children 397
499499 who are actually physically present in classrooms for school and 398
500500 educational programs; the percentage of students pursuing a high 399
501501 school diploma, an industry-based certification, a recognized high 400
502502 school diploma equivalent, credits for advanced courses and post-401
503503 secondary education programs; performance in educating children with 402
504504 exceptionalities, including identification of special education needs, the 403
505505 development of best-practices for individualized education programs 404
506506 and the provision of services and supports mandated by individualized 405
507507 education programs; student reenrollment in school or other 406
508508 educational or vocational training programs after leaving justice system 407
509509 custody; student success in post-release high school, post-secondary 408
510510 education [,] or job-training programs; and compliance with the 409
511511 protocols for support of educational transitions delineated in clause (vi) 410
512512 of this subparagraph; 411
513513 (II) Identifying achievement benchmarks for each measurement of 412
514514 school quality; 413
515515 (III) Written standards for educational quality for schools that serve 414
516516 children in custody; 415
517517 (IV) A program for quality control and evaluation of schools serving 416
518518 children in custody. The program shall include, but need not be limited 417
519519 to, in-person observation and monitoring of each school serving 418
520520 children in justice system custody. The monitoring shall occur at least 419
521521 annually, and shall be conducted by experts in special education and 420
522522 education in justice-system settings; 421
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530530 justice system custody seeks and obtains external accreditation by a 423
531531 recognized accrediting agency; and 424
532532 (VI) A set of supports, interventions and remedies that shall be 425
533533 implemented when a school serving children in justice system custody 426
534534 falls consistently or significantly short of quality benchmarks; 427
535535 (vi) Provisions for ensuring that the state-wide education system for 428
536536 children in justice system custody includes: 429
537537 (I) The engagement of one or more curriculum development 430
538538 specialists to support learning in schools serving children in justice 431
539539 system custody and to develop a flexible, high-interest, modular 432
540540 curriculum that is aligned with state standards and adapted to the 433
541541 context of educating children in justice system custody; 434
542542 (II) The engagement of one or more professional development and 435
543543 teacher training specialists to support teachers in schools that serve 436
544544 children in justice system custody; and 437
545545 (III) The engagement of professional reentry coordinators to support 438
546546 educational success in children returning to the community from justice 439
547547 system custody; 440
548548 (vii) A protocol for educational support of children transitioning into, 441
549549 and out of, justice system custody. The protocol shall include, but need 442
550550 not be limited to: 443
551551 (I) Team-based reentry planning for every child in justice system 444
552552 custody; 445
553553 (II) Clear and ambitious timelines for transfer of educational records 446
554554 at intake and release from justice system custody; and 447
555555 (III) Timelines for reenrollment and credit transfer; 448
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562562 (viii) Recommendations for any legislation that may be necessary or 449
563563 appropriate to implement the provisions of the plan developed 450
564564 pursuant to this subsection; and 451
565565 (ix) A timeline for implementation of the plan developed pursuant to 452
566566 this subsection. 453
567567 Sec. 20. Subsection (a) of section 46b-142 of the general statutes is 454
568568 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 455
569569 1, 2025): 456
570570 (a) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish districts for the 457
571571 purpose of establishing venue in juvenile matters. All petitions 458
572572 concerning delinquent children or youths shall be heard within the 459
573573 district where the delinquency is alleged to have occurred or where the 460
574574 child or youth resides, in the discretion of the court. All other petitions 461
575575 shall be heard within the district where the child or youth resided at the 462
576576 time of the filing of the petition, but for the purposes of this section any 463
577577 child or youth born in any hospital or institution where the mother is 464
578578 confined at the time of birth shall be deemed to have residence in the 465
579579 district wherein such child's or youth's mother was living at the time of 466
580580 her admission to such hospital or institution. 467
581581 Sec. 21. Subsection (a) of section 51-10c of the general statutes is 468
582582 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 469
583583 1, 2025): 470
584584 (a) There is established a Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity 471
585585 in the Criminal Justice System. The commission shall consist of the Chief 472
586586 Court Administrator, the Chief State's Attorney, the Chief Public 473
587587 Defender, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 474
588588 Protection, the Commissioner of Correction, the Commissioner of 475
589589 Children and Families, the Child Advocate, the Victim Advocate, the 476
590590 chairperson of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the chairperson of the 477
591591 Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or 478
592592 their designees, two members of the Commission on Women, Children, 479
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600600 the commission, a representative of municipal police chiefs, a 481
601601 representative of a coalition representing police and [correctional] 482
602602 correction officers, six members appointed one each by the president 483
603603 pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, 484
604604 the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of 485
605605 Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority 486
606606 leader of the House of Representatives, and two members appointed by 487
607607 the Governor. The Chief Court Administrator or said administrator's 488
608608 designee shall serve as chairperson of the commission. The commission 489
609609 shall meet quarterly and at such other times as the chairperson deems 490
610610 necessary. 491
611611 Sec. 22. Subsection (a) of section 51-277e of the general statutes is 492
612612 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 493
613613 1, 2025): 494
614614 (a) There is established the Office of the Inspector General that shall 495
615615 be a separate office within the Division of Criminal Justice. Not later 496
616616 than October 1, 2021, the Criminal Justice Commission established 497
617617 pursuant to section 51-275a shall appoint a deputy chief state's attorney 498
618618 as Inspector General who shall lead the Office of the Inspector General. 499
619619 The office shall: (1) Conduct investigations of peace officers in 500
620620 accordance with section 51-277a; (2) prosecute any case in which the 501
621621 Inspector General determines a peace officer used force found to not be 502
622622 justifiable pursuant to section 53a-22 or where a police officer or 503
623623 [correctional] correction officer fails to intervene in any such incident or 504
624624 to report any such incident, as required under subsection (a) of section 505
625625 7-282e or section 18-81nn, as applicable; (3) investigate any failure to 506
626626 report the death of a person in accordance with the provisions of section 507
627627 7-294mm; (4) investigate any failure to report in accordance with the 508
628628 provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (h) of section 7-294d; and (5) 509
629629 make recommendations to the Police Officer Standards and Training 510
630630 Council established under section 7-294b concerning censure and 511
631631 suspension, renewal, cancelation or revocation of a peace officer's 512
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639639 person, any such recommendation may be made to said council only in 514
640640 a case where such failure is found to be intentional or made with 515
641641 reckless indifference, or if there is no finding that such failure was 516
642642 intentional or made with reckless indifference, a recommendation may 517
643643 be made to the officer's employing agency for any further disciplinary 518
644644 action as so determined by such employing agency. 519
645645 Sec. 23. Subsection (c) of section 52-143 of the general statutes is 520
646646 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 521
647647 1, 2025): 522
648648 (c) Any subpoena summoning a [correctional] correction officer as a 523
649649 witness may be served upon a person designated by the Commissioner 524
650650 of Correction at the correctional facility where the [correctional] 525
651651 correction officer is assigned who shall act as the agent of the 526
652652 correctional officer named in the subpoena. Service upon the agent shall 527
653653 be deemed to be service upon the [correctional] correction officer. 528
654654 Sec. 24. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 53a-60b of the general 529
655655 statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 530
656656 (Effective October 1, 2025): 531
657657 (a) A person is guilty of assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or 532
658658 pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the second 533
659659 degree when such person commits assault in the second degree under 534
660660 section 53a-60 or larceny in the second degree under [section 535
661661 53a-123(a)(3)] subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 53a-123 and (1) 536
662662 the victim of such assault or larceny has attained at least sixty years of 537
663663 age, is blind or physically disabled, as defined in section 1-1f, or is 538
664664 pregnant, or (2) the victim of such assault or larceny is a person with 539
665665 intellectual disability, as defined in section 1-1g, and the actor is not a 540
666666 person with intellectual disability. 541
667667 (b) No person shall be found guilty of assault in the second degree or 542
668668 larceny in the second degree under [section 53a-123(a)(3)] subdivision 543
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676676 disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in 545
677677 the second degree upon the same incident of assault or larceny, as the 546
678678 case may be, but such person may be charged and prosecuted for all 547
679679 such offenses upon the same information. 548
680680 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
681681 sections:
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683683 Section 1 October 1, 2025 4-29b
684684 Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 4-66o
685685 Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 4-151(e)
686686 Sec. 4 October 1, 2025 4-151a
687687 Sec. 5 October 1, 2025 4-160(h)
688688 Sec. 6 October 1, 2025 4-160(j)
689689 Sec. 7 October 1, 2025 4-186(c)
690690 Sec. 8 October 1, 2025 7-438(a)
691691 Sec. 9 October 1, 2025 12-217zz(a)(4) and (5)
692692 Sec. 10 October 1, 2025 12-287(a)
693693 Sec. 11 October 1, 2025 12-410(e)(5)
694694 Sec. 12 October 1, 2025 17a-566(a)
695695 Sec. 13 October 1, 2025 17a-238b(a)
696696 Sec. 14 October 1, 2025 17b-80(a)
697697 Sec. 15 October 1, 2025 17b-261(a)
698698 Sec. 16 October 1, 2025 19a-561(k)
699699 Sec. 17 October 1, 2025 32-1m(a)(10)
700700 Sec. 18 October 1, 2025 34-267g(e)
701701 Sec. 19 October 1, 2025 46b-121n(q)(8)(A)
702702 Sec. 20 October 1, 2025 46b-142(a)
703703 Sec. 21 October 1, 2025 51-10c(a)
704704 Sec. 22 October 1, 2025 51-277e(a)
705705 Sec. 23 October 1, 2025 52-143(c)
706706 Sec. 24 October 1, 2025 53a-60b(a) and (b)
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708708 Statement of Purpose:
709709 To make various technical changes concerning grammar, clarity,
710710 accuracy of internal references and consistency in the general statutes.
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719719 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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