Senate Bill 1543

To (1) require that persons who are incarcerated be immediately provided evidence-based mental health interventions upon initial assessment and intake, (2) require that persons who are incarcerated be fed palatable and nutritious meals and not be served nutraloaf as punishment, (3) ensure that persons who are incarcerated are provided a form to authorize another person to access their medical records, (4) cause the publication of the Criminal Justice Institute's report concerning cases of medical neglect in Connecticut's correctional facilities and provide that claimants in such cases be granted permission to sue the state, (5) adopt measures to increase access to data concerning cases involving medical neglect by the Department of Correction, (6) require a study of relocating the New Haven Correctional Center on Whalley Avenue and the Bridgeport Correctional Center, (7) employ measures to increase staffing at correctional facilities, (8) increase productive time for out-of-cell time for persons who are incarcerated, (9) ensure incidents of violence against correctional officers are fully documented, and (10) establish a pilot program for body scans in lieu of body and cavity searches and bonding for such program.

In the Senate

• JUD

  Sponsor

In the House of Representatives

• Judiciary Committee41–0

  Apr 8

  Who voted how

  Yea Bob Godfrey, Cara Christine Pavalock-D'Amato, Ceci Maher, Craig C. Fishbein, David Rutigliano, Derell Wilson, Dominique Johnson, Donna Veach, Doug Dubitsky, Gary A. Winfield, Greg S. Howard, Herron Gaston, Hubert D. Delany, Jason Doucette, Jason Perillo, Jillian Gilchrest, John A. Kissel, Jonathan Fazzino, Jonathan Jacobson, Jorge Cabrera, Josh Elliott, Kadeem Roberts, MD Rahman, Mae Flexer, Marcus Brown, Mark DeCaprio, Maryam Khan, Matt Blumenthal, Matthew L. Lesser, Melissa Osborne, Michael D. Quinn, Patricia A. Dillon, Patricia Billie Miller, Patrick E. Callahan, Paul Cicarella, Renee LaMark Muir, Steven J. Stafstrom, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Tom O'Dea, Toni E. Walker, Travis Simms

• Appropriations Committee40–8

  May 12

  Who voted how

  Yea Andre F. Baker Jr., Anthony L. Nolan, Antonio Felipe, Bobby G. Gibson Jr., Catherine A. Osten, Christopher Rosario, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, David DeFronzo, Derek Slap, Douglas McCrory, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Emmanuel Sanchez, Eric C. Berthel, Gary A. Winfield, Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Gregory Haddad, Heather S. Somers, Hubert D. Delany, James Sanchez, Jane M. Garibay, Jennifer Leeper, Jillian Gilchrest, Joan V. Hartley, Juan R. Candelaria, Julie Kushner, Kai J. Belton, Lucy Dathan, Mae Flexer, Martha Marx, Maryam Khan, Matthew L. Lesser, Minnie Gonzalez, Patricia A. Dillon, Rebecca Martinez, Ryan K. 139, Saud Anwar, Stephen G. Harding Jr., Susan M. Johnson, Toni E. Walker, Travis Simms

  Nay Cara Christine Pavalock-D'Amato, Kathy Kennedy, Mark DeCaprio, Martin Foncello, Mitch Bolinsky, Tammy Nuccio, Tim Ackert, Tina Courpas

  Not voting Corey P. Paris, Jeff Gordon, Joe Hoxha, Marcus Brown, Tammy R. Exum

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In the Senate Mar 20 – May 12

1. Mar 20Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
2. Mar 21Heard in Judiciary Committee
3. Apr 8Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
4. May 8Sent to Appropriations Committee
5. May 12Appropriations Committee recommended it