Bill Text: CT SB01054 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Disclosure Of Autopsy Reports.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-31 - Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate [SB01054 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB01054-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 1054
January Session, 2011		*_____SB01054GAE___053111____*

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF AUTOPSY REPORTS.

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

Section 1. Subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 1-210 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

(3) Records of law enforcement agencies not otherwise available to the public which records were compiled in connection with the detection or investigation of crime, if the disclosure of said records would not be in the public interest because it would result in the disclosure of (A) the identity of informants not otherwise known or the identity of witnesses not otherwise known whose safety would be endangered or who would be subject to threat or intimidation if their identity was made known, (B) signed statements of witnesses, (C) information to be used in a prospective law enforcement action if prejudicial to such action, (D) investigatory techniques not otherwise known to the general public, (E) arrest records of a juvenile, which shall also include any investigatory files, concerning the arrest of such juvenile, compiled for law enforcement purposes, (F) the name and address of the victim of a sexual assault under section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a, or injury or risk of injury, or impairing of morals under section 53-21, or of an attempt thereof, [or] (G) uncorroborated allegations subject to destruction pursuant to section 1-216, or (H) the records of an investigation and examination by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the death of a person under eighteen years of age caused by an apparent homicide, including the autopsy report and other scientific findings.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	1-210(b)(3)

JUD	Joint Favorable Subst.
GAE	Joint Favorable