Bill Text: CT HB06642 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Child Nursery Facility At The Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-14 - Tabled for the Calendar, House [HB06642 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06642-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 6642 | ||
January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 4416 | ||
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY |
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CHILD NURSERY FACILITY AT THE CONNECTICUT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, NIANTIC.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2013) The Commissioner of Correction shall establish, within available appropriations, a nursery facility at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, for the placement of infants born to women who are being detained at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, while awaiting disposition of pending charges, or while committed to the Commissioner of Correction for a term of eighteen months or less, in order that such infant may be placed at the institution where such infant was delivered. The commissioner may establish eligibility criteria for placement of an infant in the nursery facility, which may include, but need not be limited to, criteria that limit eligibility to mothers who comply with any program, education, counseling or other participation requirements established by the commissioner.
Sec. 2. Section 18-69 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
The warden of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, subject to the approval of the commissioner, shall establish regulations in cooperation with the Department of Children and Families to provide for the [placing] placement of [children] infants born to inmates of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, in order that an infant shall not be maintained at said institution beyond (1) the planning period for placement which is not to exceed sixty calendar days, or (2) a period not to exceed eighteen months as provided in section 1 of this act, if applicable. [In any instance where] If the mother of the infant objects in writing to the warden of [said] the institution as to such placement, the Department of Children and Families shall provide for an administrative review of the placement action.
Sec. 3. Section 18-69a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
The warden of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, subject to the same conditions as provided in section 18-69, as amended by this act, and the provisions of section 1 of this act, shall establish regulations in cooperation with the Department of Children and Families to provide for the [placing] placement of [children] infants born to women who are being detained at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, while awaiting disposition of pending charges, or [have been] while committed to the Commissioner of Correction for a term of [one year] eighteen months or less, with respect to any period during which such infant is not placed in the nursery facility at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, pursuant to section 1 of this act, in order that [an] such infant may be placed directly from the facility where such infant was delivered.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2013 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2013 |
18-69 |
Sec. 3 |
October 1, 2013 |
18-69a |
JUD |
Joint Favorable |
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APP |
Joint Favorable |