Bill Text: CT HB05547 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Accountability For The Earned Risk Reduction Credit Program.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-04 - Motion Failed (JF) [HB05547 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05547-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5547
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 2554
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE EARNED RISK REDUCTION CREDIT PROGRAM.

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

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 18-98e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

(b) An inmate may earn risk reduction credit for adherence to the inmate's offender accountability plan, for participation in eligible programs and activities, upon successful completion of any such program or activity, and for good conduct and obedience to institutional rules as designated by the commissioner, provided (1) good conduct and obedience to institutional rules alone shall not entitle an inmate to such credit, and (2) the inmate fully adheres to the inmate's offender accountability plan. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee (A) shall cause the loss of (i) all or any portion of such earned risk reduction credit if an inmate fails to adhere to the inmate's offender accountability plan, and (ii) all such earned risk reduction credit if an inmate tests positive on a drug test, and (B) may, in his or her discretion, cause the loss of all or any portion of such earned risk reduction credit for any other act of misconduct or insubordination or refusal to conform to recommended programs or activities or institutional rules occurring at any time during the service of the sentence or for other good cause. If an inmate has not earned sufficient risk reduction credit at the time the commissioner or the commissioner's designee orders the loss of all or a portion of earned credit, such loss shall be deducted from any credit earned by such inmate in the future.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	18-98e(b)

Statement of Purpose:

To require that inmates adhere to their offender accountability plans and actively participate and complete eligible programming in order to earn risk reduction credits.

[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.]