Bill Text: CT HB05404 | 2010 | General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Nondisclosure Of Certain Information Regarding Certain Employees To Inmates Under The Freedom Of Information Act.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-26 - Signed by the Governor [HB05404 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05404-Chaptered.html

Substitute House Bill No. 5404

Public Act No. 10-58

AN ACT CONCERNING THE NONDISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO INMATES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) A personnel or medical file or similar file concerning a current or former employee of the Department of Correction or the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, including, but not limited to, a record of a security investigation of such employee by the department or an investigation by the department of a discrimination complaint by or against such employee, shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes, to any individual committed to the custody or supervision of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in a facility of the Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hospital. For the purposes of this section, an "employee of the Department of Correction" includes a member or employee of the Board of Pardons and Paroles within the Department of Correction.

Approved May 26, 2010

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