Bill Text: CT HB06464 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-22 - Public Hearing 02/26 [HB06464 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06464-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 6464
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 3516
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Referred to Committee on CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)

AN ACT CONCERNING SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (a) As used in this section, "infant or young child" means any child three years of age or younger, and "shaken baby syndrome" means damage to the brain of an infant or young child, including, but not limited to, swelling that impedes the supply of oxygen to the brain or any degree of brain damage that results from the infant or young child having been forcefully shaken.

(b) Any individual who intentionally shakes or causes to be shaken an infant or young child causing injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome shall be guilty of a class C felony, except that if death results such individual shall be guilty of a class B felony.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2013	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the criminal penalty for causing injuries resulting in shaken baby syndrome.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]