Bill Text: CT HB06072 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Training Program For Mental Health And Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Issues Impacting Veterans Involved In The Criminal Justice System.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-26 - Tabled for the Calendar, House [HB06072 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06072-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 6072
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 4495
		*04495HB06072VA_*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER ISSUES IMPACTING VETERANS INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish an ongoing training program for judges regarding mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder issues affecting veterans who are involved in the criminal justice system. The Chief Court Administrator may consult with organizations that advocate on behalf of veterans and with mental health professionals to ensure that such training program includes information on any unique characteristics of crimes committed by veterans impacted by mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder issues.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2017	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require the Chief Court Administrator to establish a training program for judges regarding mental health and post-traumatic stress disorders affecting veterans involved in the criminal justice system.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

Co-Sponsors:

REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.; REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.; REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist. REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.; REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist. REP. BYRON, 27th Dist.; REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.

H.B. 6072