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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7136
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REVISOR'S TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO
THE GENERAL STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-29b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
Any state agency which receives indirect cost recoveries from federal 3
grant funds or other sources, when such recoveries apply to costs 4
originally paid from the General Fund, shall deposit such cost recoveries 5
with the Treasurer, to the credit of General Fund revenues, unless such 6
deposit is waived by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 7
Management. This section does not apply to any applicable surcharges 8
on assessments recovered by the state pursuant to sections 12-586f and 9
12-586g. [and 12-586f.] For purposes of this section "state agency" does 10
not include any constituent unit of the state system of higher education 11
or any state institution of higher education. 12
Sec. 2. Section 4-66o of the general statutes is repealed and the 13
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 14
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The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may establish 15
receivables for the revenue anticipated pursuant to subparagraph [(K)] 16
(L) of subdivision (1) of section 12-408 and section 4-66l. 17
Sec. 3. Subsection (e) of section 4-151 of the general statutes is 18
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 19
1, 2025): 20
(e) If any person refuses to testify or to produce any relevant, 21
unprivileged book, paper, record or document, the Claims 22
Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy 23
shall certify such fact to the Attorney General, who shall apply to the 24
superior court for the judicial district in which such person resides for 25
an order compelling compliance. Further refusal of such person shall be 26
punished as provided [by] in section 2-46. If such person is the claimant, 27
the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a 28
special deputy shall summarily dismiss the claim and order it forfeited 29
to the state. 30
Sec. 4. Section 4-151a of the general statutes is repealed and the 31
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 32
Upon the motion of the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims 33
Commissioner [,] or a special deputy, or at the request of the claimant 34
or the representative for the state, which representative may in 35
appropriate cases be the Attorney General, the Claims Commissioner, 36
the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy may waive the 37
hearing of any claim for ten thousand dollars or less and proceed upon 38
affidavits filed by the claimant and the state agency concerned. 39
Sec. 5. Subsection (h) of section 4-160 of the general statutes is 40
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 41
1, 2025): 42
(h) In each action authorized by the Claims Commissioner, the 43
Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy, or any action where 44
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permission to sue the state has been deemed to have been granted by 45
the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a 46
special deputy pursuant to subsections (a) to (f), inclusive, of this section 47
or by the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-159 [,] or 4-159a, the 48
claimant shall allege such authorization or permission and the date on 49
which it was granted, except that evidence of such authorization or 50
permission shall not be admissible in such action as evidence of the 51
state's liability. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, (1) 52
the state waives its immunity from liability and from suit in each such 53
action and waives all defenses which might arise from the eleemosynary 54
or governmental nature of the activity complained of, and (2) the rights 55
and liability of the state in each such action shall be coextensive with 56
and shall equal the rights and liability of private persons in like 57
circumstances. 58
Sec. 6. Subsection (j) of section 4-160 of the general statutes is repealed 59
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 60
(j) Civil process directed against the state shall be served as provided 61
[by] in section 52-64. 62
Sec. 7. Subsection (c) of section 4-186 of the general statutes is 63
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 64
1, 2025): 65
(c) The Employment Security Division, the Labor Commissioner or 66
said commissioner's designee with respect to the Family and Medical 67
Leave Insurance Program, the Board of Mediation and Arbitration of the 68
state Labor Department, the Office of the Claims Commissioner [,] and 69
the Workers' Compensation Commission are exempt from the 70
provisions of section 4-176e and sections 4-177 to 4-183, inclusive. 71
Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 7-438 of the general statutes is 72
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 73
1, 2025): 74
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(a) Any member retired under this part who again accepts 75
employment from the state or from any municipality of the state other 76
than a participating municipality [,] shall continue to receive his or her 77
retirement allowance while so employed, and shall be eligible to 78
participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the state retirement system 79
or such retirement system of such municipality, as applicable, for the 80
period of such employment. 81
Sec. 9. Subdivisions (4) and (5) of subsection (a) of section 12-217zz of 82
the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 83
thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 84
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of this 85
subsection, the aggregate amount allowable of tax credits and any 86
remaining credits available under section 12-217j or 12-217n after tax 87
credits are utilized in accordance with said subdivision shall not exceed 88
(A) for income years commencing on or after January 1, 2022, and prior 89
to January 1, 2023, sixty per cent of the amount of tax due from such 90
taxpayer under this chapter with respect to any such income year of the 91
taxpayer prior to the application of such credit or credits, and (B) for 92
income years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, and prior to 93
January 1, 2024, seventy per cent of the amount of tax due from such 94
taxpayer under this chapter with respect to any such income year of the 95
taxpayer prior to the application of such credit or credits; [.] 96
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of this 97
subsection, for income years commencing on or after January 1, 2024, 98
the aggregate amount allowable of tax credits and any remaining credits 99
available under section 12-217j or 12-217n or subparagraph (B) of 100
subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 12-217x, after tax credits are 101
utilized in accordance with subdivision (2) of this subsection, shall not 102
exceed seventy per cent of the amount of tax due from such taxpayer 103
under this chapter with respect to any such income year of the taxpayer 104
prior to the application of such credit or credits. 105
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Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 12-287 of the general statutes is 106
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 107
1, 2025): 108
(a) Each person engaging in, or intending to engage in, the business 109
of selling cigarettes in this state as a dealer [,] and each person engaging 110
in, or intending to engage in, the business of selling taxed tobacco 111
products at retail [,] shall secure a dealer's license from the 112
Commissioner of Revenue Services before engaging in such business or 113
continuing to engage therein. The department shall not issue an initial 114
license to an applicant until such applicant has complied with the 115
provisions of subsection (b) of this section. Subject to the provisions of 116
section 12-286, such license shall be renewable annually, provided that 117
prior to renewal the commissioner shall consider any comments 118
received pursuant to section 12-287a. 119
Sec. 11. Subdivision (5) of subsection (e) of section 12-410 of the 120
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 121
thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 122
(5) For purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the sale of 123
services described in subdivision (37) of subsection (a) of section 12-407 124
shall be considered a sale for resale if such services are subsequently 125
resold as an integral, inseparable component part of digital goods sold 126
by the purchaser of the services to an ultimate consumer of the digital 127
goods. The purchaser of the services described in subdivision (37) of 128
subsection (a) of section 12-407 for resale shall maintain, in such form as 129
the commissioner requires, records that substantiate: (A) From whom 130
the services described in subdivision (37) of subsection (a) of section 12-131
407 were [purchases] purchased and to whom the digital goods were 132
sold, licensed [,] or leased, (B) the purchase prices of the services 133
described in subdivision (37) of subsection (a) of section 12-407, and (C) 134
the nature of the transaction with the ultimate consumer. 135
Sec. 12. Subsection (a) of section 17a-566 of the general statutes is 136
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 137
1, 2025): 138
(a) Except as provided in section 17a-574, any court prior to 139
sentencing a person convicted of an offense for which the penalty may 140
be imprisonment in any correctional institution of this state, or of a sex 141
offense involving (1) physical force or violence, (2) disparity of age 142
between an adult and a minor, or (3) a sexual act of a compulsive or 143
repetitive nature, may, if it appears to the court that such person has 144
psychiatric disabilities and is dangerous to himself, herself or others, 145
upon its own motion or upon request of any of the persons enumerated 146
in subsection (b) of this section and a subsequent finding that such 147
request is justified, order the commissioner to conduct an examination 148
of the convicted defendant by qualified personnel of the hospital. Upon 149
completion of such examination the examiner shall report in writing to 150
the court. Such report shall indicate whether the convicted defendant 151
should be committed to the diagnostic unit of the hospital for additional 152
examination or should be sentenced in accordance with the conviction. 153
Such examination shall be conducted and the report made to the court 154
not later than fifteen days after the order for the examination. Such 155
examination may be conducted at a correctional facility if the defendant 156
is confined or it may be conducted on an outpatient basis at the hospital 157
or other appropriate location. If the report recommends additional 158
examination at the diagnostic unit, the court may, after a hearing, order 159
the convicted defendant committed to the diagnostic unit of the hospital 160
for a period not to exceed sixty days, except as provided in section 17a-161
567 provided the hearing may be waived by the defendant. Such 162
commitment shall not be effective until the director certifies to the court 163
that space is available at the diagnostic unit. While confined in said 164
diagnostic unit, the defendant shall be given a complete physical and 165
psychiatric examination by the staff of the unit and may receive 166
medication and treatment without his consent. The director shall have 167
authority to procure all court records, institutional records and 168
probation or other reports which provide information about the 169
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defendant. 170
Sec. 13. Subsection (a) of section 17a-238b of the general statutes is 171
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 172
1, 2025): 173
(a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, in consultation 174
with the Commissioner of Social Services and the Secretary of the Office 175
of Policy and Management, shall reduce waiting lists for services in 176
Medicaid waiver programs established under Section 1915(c) of the 177
Social Security Act and administered by the Department of 178
Developmental Services. Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually 179
thereafter, the Commissioner of Developmental Services, in 180
consultation with the Office of Policy and Management staff person 181
employed pursuant to section 4-67bb to help agencies coordinate 182
programs and services for individuals who have an intellectual or 183
developmental disability other than autism spectrum disorder, shall file 184
a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, with the 185
joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 186
of matters relating to appropriations, human services and public health. 187
The report shall include, but need not be limited to, data from the prior 188
fiscal year regarding information on persons currently receiving 189
services through the Medicaid waiver programs administered by the 190
Department of Developmental Services. Such information shall include 191
aggregated, deidentified data regarding the following: 192
(1) The number and age ranges of persons who are not receiving 193
services through the department's Medicaid waiver programs and are 194
included on the department's [wait] waiting list for residential services; 195
(2) The number and age ranges of persons who are currently 196
receiving Medicaid waiver program services through the department, 197
but are waiting for residential services and are included on the 198
department's [wait] waiting list for residential support services, 199
including the type of services being provided; 200
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(3) Whether such waiting lists have increased or decreased over the 201
previous fiscal year and, if so, by how many persons; 202
(4) The number of persons who have an intellectual or developmental 203
disability other than autism spectrum disorder who are waiting for 204
access to employment opportunities or day services; 205
(5) The number and age ranges of the primary caregiver for persons 206
with an intellectual or developmental disability other than autism 207
spectrum disorder who are living in their family home; 208
(6) Recommendations and initiatives the department is developing to 209
reduce the waiting list over the next fiscal year; 210
(7) The number and age ranges of individuals currently being served 211
through the Medicaid waiver programs; 212
(8) The number and age ranges of individuals currently receiving 213
residential services through the Medicaid waiver programs; and 214
(9) The number and age ranges of persons added to and subtracted 215
from waiting lists over the previous fiscal year. 216
Sec. 14. Subsection (a) of section 17b-80 of the general statutes is 217
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 218
1, 2025): 219
(a) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for aid, shall 220
promptly and with due diligence make an investigation, such 221
investigation to be completed within forty-five days after receipt of the 222
application or within sixty days after receipt of the application in the 223
case of an application in which a determination of disability must be 224
made. If an application for an award is not acted on within forty-five 225
days after the filing of an application, or within sixty days in the case of 226
an application in which a determination of disability must be made, the 227
applicant may apply to the commissioner for a hearing in accordance 228
with sections 17b-60 and 17b-61. The commissioner shall grant aid only 229
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if [he] the commissioner finds the applicant eligible therefor, in which 230
case [he] the commissioner shall grant aid in such amount, determined 231
in accordance with levels of payments established by the commissioner, 232
as is needed in order to enable the applicant to support himself or 233
herself, or, in the case of temporary family assistance, to enable the 234
relative to support such dependent child or children and himself or 235
herself, in health and decency, including the costs of such medical care 236
as he deems necessary and reasonable, not in excess of the amounts set 237
forth in the various fee schedules promulgated by the Commissioner of 238
Social Services for medical, dental and allied services and supplies or 239
the charges made for comparable services and supplies to the general 240
public, whichever is less, and the cost of necessary hospitalization as is 241
provided in section 17b-239, over and above hospital insurance or other 242
such benefits, including workers' compensation and claims for 243
negligent or wilful injury. The commissioner, subject to the provisions 244
of subsection (b) of this section, shall, in determining need, take into 245
consideration any available income and resources of the individual 246
claiming assistance. The commissioner shall make periodic 247
investigations to determine eligibility and may, at any time, modify, 248
suspend or discontinue an award previously made when such action is 249
necessary to carry out the provisions of the state supplement program, 250
medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program, 251
state-administered general assistance program or supplemental 252
nutrition assistance program. The parent or parents of any child for 253
whom aid is received under the temporary family assistance program 254
and any beneficiary receiving assistance under the state supplement 255
program shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the 256
provisions of sections 17b-93 and 17b-95. 257
Sec. 15. Subsection (a) of section 17b-261 of the general statutes is 258
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 259
1, 2025): 260
(a) Medical assistance shall be provided for any otherwise eligible 261
person (1) whose income, including any available support from legally 262
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liable relatives and the income of the person's spouse or dependent 263
child, is not more than one hundred fifty-nine per cent, pending 264
approval of a federal waiver applied for pursuant to subsection (e) of 265
this section, of the benefit amount paid to a person with no income 266
under the temporary family assistance program, and (2) if such person 267
is an institutionalized individual as defined in Section 1917 of the Social 268
Security Act, 42 USC 1396p(h)(3), and has not made an assignment or 269
transfer or other disposition of property for less than fair market value 270
for the purpose of establishing eligibility for benefits or assistance under 271
this section. Any such disposition shall be treated in accordance with 272
Section 1917(c) of the Social Security Act, 42 USC 1396p(c). Any 273
disposition of property made on behalf of an applicant or recipient or 274
the spouse of an applicant or recipient by a guardian, conservator, 275
person authorized to make such disposition pursuant to a power of 276
attorney or other person so authorized by law shall be attributed to such 277
applicant, recipient or spouse. A disposition of property ordered by a 278
court shall be evaluated in accordance with the standards applied to any 279
other such disposition for the purpose of determining eligibility. The 280
commissioner shall establish the standards for eligibility for medical 281
assistance at one hundred fifty-nine per cent of the benefit amount paid 282
to a household of equal size with no income under the temporary family 283
assistance program. In determining eligibility, the commissioner shall 284
not consider as income Aid and Attendance pension benefits granted to 285
a veteran, as defined in section 27-103, or the surviving spouse of such 286
veteran. Except as provided in section 17b-277 and section 17b-292, the 287
medical assistance program shall provide coverage to persons under the 288
age of nineteen with household income up to one hundred ninety-six 289
per cent of the federal poverty level without an asset limit and to 290
persons under the age of nineteen, who qualify for coverage under 291
Section 1931 of the Social Security Act, with household income not 292
exceeding one hundred ninety-six per cent of the federal poverty level 293
without an asset limit, and their parents and needy caretaker relatives, 294
who qualify for coverage under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act, 295
with household income not exceeding one hundred thirty-three per cent 296
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of the federal poverty level without an asset limit. Such levels shall be 297
based on the regional differences in such benefit amount, if applicable, 298
unless such levels based on regional differences are not in conformance 299
with federal law. Any income in excess of the applicable amounts shall 300
be applied as may be required by said federal law, and assistance shall 301
be granted for the balance of the cost of authorized medical assistance. 302
The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide applicants for 303
assistance under this section, at the time of application, with a written 304
statement advising them of (A) the effect of an assignment or transfer or 305
other disposition of property on eligibility for benefits or assistance, (B) 306
the effect that having income that exceeds the limits prescribed in this 307
subsection will have with respect to program eligibility, and (C) the 308
availability of, and eligibility for, services provided by the Connecticut 309
Home Visiting System, established pursuant to section 17b-751b. For 310
coverage dates on or after January 1, 2014, the department shall use the 311
modified adjusted gross income financial eligibility rules set forth in 312
Section 1902(e)(14) of the Social Security Act and the implementing 313
regulations to determine eligibility for HUSKY A, HUSKY B and 314
HUSKY D applicants, as defined in section 17b-290. Persons who are 315
determined ineligible for assistance pursuant to this section shall be 316
provided a written statement notifying such persons of their ineligibility 317
and advising such persons of their potential eligibility for one of the 318
other insurance affordability programs as defined in 42 CFR 435.4. 319
Sec. 16. Subsection (k) of section 19a-561 of the general statutes is 320
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 321
1, 2025): 322
(k) In any case in which the commissioner finds that there has been a 323
substantial failure to comply with the requirements established under 324
this chapter, or regulations adopted thereunder, the commissioner may 325
require the nursing facility licensee and the nursing facility 326
management [service] services certificate holder to jointly submit a plan 327
of correction as described in section 19a-496. A plan of correction 328
accepted by the department shall constitute an order of the department. 329
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Violation of such order may be the subject of disciplinary action against 330
a nursing facility management services certificate holder pursuant to 331
section 19a-494. 332
Sec. 17. Subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 32-1m of the 333
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 334
thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 335
(10) An overview of the department's activities concerning digital 336
media, motion pictures and related production activity, and an analysis 337
of the use of the film production tax credit established under section 12-338
217jj, the entertainment industry infrastructure tax credit established 339
under section 12-217kk and the digital animation production tax credit 340
established under section 12-217ll, including the amount of any tax 341
credit issued under said sections, the total amount of production 342
expenses or costs incurred in the state by the taxpayer who was issued 343
such a tax credit and the information submitted in the report required 344
under subparagraph (A) of subdivision [(1)] (2) of subsection (h) of 345
section 12-217jj. 346
Sec. 18. Subsection (e) of section 34-267g of the general statutes is 347
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 348
1, 2025): 349
(e) After filing the certificate of dissolution by forfeiture, the Secretary 350
of the State shall: (1) Send a copy thereof to the delinquent limited 351
liability company addressed to such limited liability [company] 352
company's electronic mail address as last shown on the Secretary's 353
records; and (2) cause notice of the filing of such certificate of dissolution 354
by forfeiture to be posted on the office of the Secretary of the State's 355
Internet web site for a period of sixty days following the date on which 356
the Secretary of the State files the certificate of dissolution by forfeiture. 357
Sec. 19. Subparagraph (A) of subdivision (8) of subsection (q) of 358
section 46b-121n of the general statutes is repealed and the following is 359
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 360
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(A) The plan developed pursuant to this subsection shall include, but 361
need not be limited to: 362
(i) Identification of a single state agency and designation of a program 363
manager within that agency who will be responsible for planning, 364
coordination, oversight, supervision, quality control, legal compliance 365
and allocation of relevant federal and state funds for children in justice 366
system custody; 367
(ii) A detailed description of how educational services will be 368
provided to children in justice system custody and how education-369
related supports will be provided to children during transition out of 370
justice system custody, either directly by the single state agency 371
identified by the plan pursuant to clause (i) of this subparagraph or 372
through a state-wide contract with a single nonprofit provider; 373
(iii) An analysis of resources expended for educating children in 374
justice system custody and for supporting educational success during 375
transitions out of justice system custody, and recommendations for 376
consolidating and reallocating resources towards the oversight, 377
accountability, services and supports provided for in the plan pursuant 378
to this subsection; 379
(iv) Provisions for ensuring that a range of pathways to educational 380
and economic opportunity are available for children in justice system 381
custody, including at a minimum a traditional high school diploma 382
program, an accelerated credit recovery program, vocational training 383
programs and access to post-secondary educational options; 384
(v) Specifications for a state-wide accountability and quality control 385
system for schools that serve children in justice system custody. The 386
accountability and quality control system shall include, but need not be 387
limited to: 388
(I) A specialized school profile and performance report, to be 389
produced annually for each school that serves children in justice system 390
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custody. The profiles and performance reports shall be consistent with 391
other accountability systems required by law and shall include criteria 392
and metrics tailored to measuring the quality of schools that serve 393
children in justice system custody. Such metrics shall include, but need 394
not be limited to: Student growth in reading and math; credit 395
accumulation; modified graduation rates and high school equivalent 396
passage rates; school attendance, defined as the percentage of children 397
who are actually physically present in classrooms for school and 398
educational programs; the percentage of students pursuing a high 399
school diploma, an industry-based certification, a recognized high 400
school diploma equivalent, credits for advanced courses and post-401
secondary education programs; performance in educating children with 402
exceptionalities, including identification of special education needs, the 403
development of best-practices for individualized education programs 404
and the provision of services and supports mandated by individualized 405
education programs; student reenrollment in school or other 406
educational or vocational training programs after leaving justice system 407
custody; student success in post-release high school, post-secondary 408
education [,] or job-training programs; and compliance with the 409
protocols for support of educational transitions delineated in clause (vi) 410
of this subparagraph; 411
(II) Identifying achievement benchmarks for each measurement of 412
school quality; 413
(III) Written standards for educational quality for schools that serve 414
children in custody; 415
(IV) A program for quality control and evaluation of schools serving 416
children in custody. The program shall include, but need not be limited 417
to, in-person observation and monitoring of each school serving 418
children in justice system custody. The monitoring shall occur at least 419
annually, and shall be conducted by experts in special education and 420
education in justice-system settings; 421
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(V) Provisions for ensuring that each school serving children in 422
justice system custody seeks and obtains external accreditation by a 423
recognized accrediting agency; and 424
(VI) A set of supports, interventions and remedies that shall be 425
implemented when a school serving children in justice system custody 426
falls consistently or significantly short of quality benchmarks; 427
(vi) Provisions for ensuring that the state-wide education system for 428
children in justice system custody includes: 429
(I) The engagement of one or more curriculum development 430
specialists to support learning in schools serving children in justice 431
system custody and to develop a flexible, high-interest, modular 432
curriculum that is aligned with state standards and adapted to the 433
context of educating children in justice system custody; 434
(II) The engagement of one or more professional development and 435
teacher training specialists to support teachers in schools that serve 436
children in justice system custody; and 437
(III) The engagement of professional reentry coordinators to support 438
educational success in children returning to the community from justice 439
system custody; 440
(vii) A protocol for educational support of children transitioning into, 441
and out of, justice system custody. The protocol shall include, but need 442
not be limited to: 443
(I) Team-based reentry planning for every child in justice system 444
custody; 445
(II) Clear and ambitious timelines for transfer of educational records 446
at intake and release from justice system custody; and 447
(III) Timelines for reenrollment and credit transfer; 448
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(viii) Recommendations for any legislation that may be necessary or 449
appropriate to implement the provisions of the plan developed 450
pursuant to this subsection; and 451
(ix) A timeline for implementation of the plan developed pursuant to 452
this subsection. 453
Sec. 20. Subsection (a) of section 46b-142 of the general statutes is 454
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 455
1, 2025): 456
(a) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish districts for the 457
purpose of establishing venue in juvenile matters. All petitions 458
concerning delinquent children or youths shall be heard within the 459
district where the delinquency is alleged to have occurred or where the 460
child or youth resides, in the discretion of the court. All other petitions 461
shall be heard within the district where the child or youth resided at the 462
time of the filing of the petition, but for the purposes of this section any 463
child or youth born in any hospital or institution where the mother is 464
confined at the time of birth shall be deemed to have residence in the 465
district wherein such child's or youth's mother was living at the time of 466
her admission to such hospital or institution. 467
Sec. 21. Subsection (a) of section 51-10c of the general statutes is 468
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 469
1, 2025): 470
(a) There is established a Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity 471
in the Criminal Justice System. The commission shall consist of the Chief 472
Court Administrator, the Chief State's Attorney, the Chief Public 473
Defender, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 474
Protection, the Commissioner of Correction, the Commissioner of 475
Children and Families, the Child Advocate, the Victim Advocate, the 476
chairperson of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the chairperson of the 477
Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or 478
their designees, two members of the Commission on Women, Children, 479
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Seniors, Equity and Opportunity designated by the executive director of 480
the commission, a representative of municipal police chiefs, a 481
representative of a coalition representing police and [correctional] 482
correction officers, six members appointed one each by the president 483
pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, 484
the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of 485
Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority 486
leader of the House of Representatives, and two members appointed by 487
the Governor. The Chief Court Administrator or said administrator's 488
designee shall serve as chairperson of the commission. The commission 489
shall meet quarterly and at such other times as the chairperson deems 490
necessary. 491
Sec. 22. Subsection (a) of section 51-277e of the general statutes is 492
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 493
1, 2025): 494
(a) There is established the Office of the Inspector General that shall 495
be a separate office within the Division of Criminal Justice. Not later 496
than October 1, 2021, the Criminal Justice Commission established 497
pursuant to section 51-275a shall appoint a deputy chief state's attorney 498
as Inspector General who shall lead the Office of the Inspector General. 499
The office shall: (1) Conduct investigations of peace officers in 500
accordance with section 51-277a; (2) prosecute any case in which the 501
Inspector General determines a peace officer used force found to not be 502
justifiable pursuant to section 53a-22 or where a police officer or 503
[correctional] correction officer fails to intervene in any such incident or 504
to report any such incident, as required under subsection (a) of section 505
7-282e or section 18-81nn, as applicable; (3) investigate any failure to 506
report the death of a person in accordance with the provisions of section 507
7-294mm; (4) investigate any failure to report in accordance with the 508
provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (h) of section 7-294d; and (5) 509
make recommendations to the Police Officer Standards and Training 510
Council established under section 7-294b concerning censure and 511
suspension, renewal, cancelation or revocation of a peace officer's 512
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certification, provided in the case of a failure to report a death of a 513
person, any such recommendation may be made to said council only in 514
a case where such failure is found to be intentional or made with 515
reckless indifference, or if there is no finding that such failure was 516
intentional or made with reckless indifference, a recommendation may 517
be made to the officer's employing agency for any further disciplinary 518
action as so determined by such employing agency. 519
Sec. 23. Subsection (c) of section 52-143 of the general statutes is 520
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 521
1, 2025): 522
(c) Any subpoena summoning a [correctional] correction officer as a 523
witness may be served upon a person designated by the Commissioner 524
of Correction at the correctional facility where the [correctional] 525
correction officer is assigned who shall act as the agent of the 526
correctional officer named in the subpoena. Service upon the agent shall 527
be deemed to be service upon the [correctional] correction officer. 528
Sec. 24. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 53a-60b of the general 529
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 530
(Effective October 1, 2025): 531
(a) A person is guilty of assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or 532
pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the second 533
degree when such person commits assault in the second degree under 534
section 53a-60 or larceny in the second degree under [section 535
53a-123(a)(3)] subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 53a-123 and (1) 536
the victim of such assault or larceny has attained at least sixty years of 537
age, is blind or physically disabled, as defined in section 1-1f, or is 538
pregnant, or (2) the victim of such assault or larceny is a person with 539
intellectual disability, as defined in section 1-1g, and the actor is not a 540
person with intellectual disability. 541
(b) No person shall be found guilty of assault in the second degree or 542
larceny in the second degree under [section 53a-123(a)(3)] subdivision 543
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(2) of subsection (a) of section 53a-123 and assault of an elderly, blind, 544
disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in 545
the second degree upon the same incident of assault or larceny, as the 546
case may be, but such person may be charged and prosecuted for all 547
such offenses upon the same information. 548
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 4-29b
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 4-66o
Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 4-151(e)
Sec. 4 October 1, 2025 4-151a
Sec. 5 October 1, 2025 4-160(h)
Sec. 6 October 1, 2025 4-160(j)
Sec. 7 October 1, 2025 4-186(c)
Sec. 8 October 1, 2025 7-438(a)
Sec. 9 October 1, 2025 12-217zz(a)(4) and (5)
Sec. 10 October 1, 2025 12-287(a)
Sec. 11 October 1, 2025 12-410(e)(5)
Sec. 12 October 1, 2025 17a-566(a)
Sec. 13 October 1, 2025 17a-238b(a)
Sec. 14 October 1, 2025 17b-80(a)
Sec. 15 October 1, 2025 17b-261(a)
Sec. 16 October 1, 2025 19a-561(k)
Sec. 17 October 1, 2025 32-1m(a)(10)
Sec. 18 October 1, 2025 34-267g(e)
Sec. 19 October 1, 2025 46b-121n(q)(8)(A)
Sec. 20 October 1, 2025 46b-142(a)
Sec. 21 October 1, 2025 51-10c(a)
Sec. 22 October 1, 2025 51-277e(a)
Sec. 23 October 1, 2025 52-143(c)
Sec. 24 October 1, 2025 53a-60b(a) and (b)
Statement of Purpose:
To make various technical changes concerning grammar, clarity,
accuracy of internal references and consistency in the general statutes.
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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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