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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1493
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIFORM INVESTIGATION OF
ACCIDENT REPORT AND CERTAIN REPORTS BY PEACE OFFICERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, "Model 1
Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria" means a voluntary guideline 2
developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that 3
represents a minimum, standardized set of data variables to describe 4
motor vehicle accidents, which may be used to identify traffic safety 5
problems and design countermeasures to improve traffic safety 6
nationally and in each state. 7
(b) The Commissioner of Transportation shall conduct a study of any 8
changes necessary to conform the uniform investigation of accident 9
report prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to section 14-108a of 10
the general statutes to the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria. Not 11
later than July 1, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a report, in 12
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 13
on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislation as 14
a result of such study to the joint standing committees of the General 15
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation and 16
public safety and security. 17
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Sec. 2. Section 7-294pp of the general statutes is repealed and the 18
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 19
(a) As used in this section: 20
(1) "Emergency medical condition" means a medical condition, 21
whether physical, behavioral or related to a substance use disorder or 22
mental health disorder, that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient 23
severity, including severe pain, that in the absence of prompt medical 24
attention could reasonably be expected by a prudent layperson who 25
possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine to result in 26
placing the health of the person in serious jeopardy, serious impairment 27
to body function or serious dysfunction of any body organ or part; 28
(2) "Medically unstable" means any condition, whether physical, 29
behavioral or related to a substance use disorder or mental health 30
disorder, that manifests in an unstable medical or mental health status, 31
which could reasonably be understood by a prudent layperson who 32
possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine to lead to an 33
emergency medical condition; and 34
(3) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as provided in section 53a-35
3. 36
(b) Any person who experiences an emergency medical condition or 37
is medically unstable while in direct audio or visual contact with, or 38
under the custody or control of, a peace officer shall have the right to be 39
provided with emergency medical services. 40
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a peace officer 41
shall immediately request emergency medical services for any person 42
who is under such officer's custody or control or otherwise in direct 43
audio or visual contact with the peace officer when such person: (1) Has 44
communicated to the peace officer that the person is (A) experiencing 45
an emergency medical condition, or (B) medically unstable, or (2) has 46
been observed by the peace officer to be (A) experiencing an emergency 47
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medical condition, or (B) medically unstable. 48
(d) A peace officer shall not be required to request emergency 49
medical services when such officer (1) has made a reasonable 50
determination that the person is not (A) experiencing an emergency 51
medical condition, or (B) medically unstable, and (2) knows that such 52
person has been seen by a medical professional within the previous 53
twenty-four hours and was released from such medical professional's 54
care after a determination that such person was not (A) experiencing an 55
emergency medical condition, or (B) medically unstable. 56
(e) For any matter in which a person experiences an emergency 57
medical condition or is medically unstable while in direct audio or 58
visual contact with, or under the custody or control of, a peace officer, 59
the peace officer shall prepare a report describing the matter. Upon 60
request by such person, the peace officer shall provide such person with 61
a copy of the report. 62
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 7-294pp
Statement of Purpose:
To require (1) the Commissioner of Transportation to conduct a study
of any changes necessary to conform the uniform investigation of
accident report to the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, and (2)
a peace officer to prepare a report when such officer requests emergency
medical services for a person who experiences an emergency medical
condition or is medically unstable while in direct audio or visual contact
with, or under the custody or control of, such officer.
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