Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01435 Compare Versions

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3		-	LCO 5606 1 of 2
	3	+	LCO No. 5606 1 of 2
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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1435
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 5606
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10	10		Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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13	13		Introduced by:
14	14		(JUD)
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18	19		AN ACT CONCERNING MOTHERS WHO ARE INCARCERATED
19	20		BREASTFEEDING THEIR INFANT.
20	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	22		Assembly convened:
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23	24		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than October 1, 2025, the 1
24	25		Commissioner of Correction shall develop a written policy permitting 2
25	26		any mother in the commissioner's custody who is lactating to breastfeed 3
26	27		her infant during any visit with such infant. Such policy shall require, at 4
27	28		a minimum, that (1) there be a safe and hygienic environment for such 5
28	29		mother to breastfeed such infant, (2) each woman in the custody of the 6
29	30		commissioner be informed of such policy, and (3) such policy be posted 7
30	31		in visitation and common areas within each facility operated by the 8
31	32		Department of Correction in which a woman is or may be detained. 9
32	33		(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Correction 10
33	34		shall (1) fully implement the policy developed pursuant to subsection 11
34	35		(a) of this section, and (2) in accordance with the provisions of section 12
35	36		11-4a of the general statutes, report such policy to the joint standing 13
36	37		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 14
37		-	relating to the Department of Correction. 15 Raised Bill No. 1435
	38	+	relating to the Department of Correction. 15
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1435
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40		-	LCO 5606 2 of 2
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	43	+	LCO No. 5606 2 of 2
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42	45		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
43	46		sections:
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45	48		Section 1 from passage New section
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47		-	JUD Joint Favorable
	50	+	Statement of Purpose:
	51	+	To allow lactating mothers who are incarcerated to breastfeed their
	52	+	infants during visitation.
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	54	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	55	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	56	+	underlined.]
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