Connecticut-2013-SB00170-Introduced


General Assembly	*Proposed Bill No. 170*
*January Session, 2013*	LCO No. 1220

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
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.