Bill Text: CT SB00170 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Pilot Program To Provide Inmates With Health Care Plans Upon Release From Incarceration.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-02 - Vote to Hold Until Next Meeting [SB00170 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00170-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 170 |
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January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 1220 | ||||
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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Introduced by: |
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SEN. HARP, 10th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. |
REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist. REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist. REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist. REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist. | ||||
AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INMATES WITH HEALTH CARE PLANS UPON RELEASE FROM INCARCERATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to implement a pilot program to provide each inmate, upon the inmate's discharge from incarceration, with a health care plan that includes a thirty-day supply of medication, initiated applications for health care benefits and identification of a primary care provider.
Statement of Purpose:
To proactively address the needs of inmates being released thereby increasing inmates' chances for successful reintegration into the community and reducing the recidivism rate.