Bill Text: CT SB00499 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Duty Of A Psychiatrist To Warn Law Enforcement Authorities Of A Dangerous Individual In Such Psychiatrist's Care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00499 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00499-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 499
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 1574
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY OF A PSYCHIATRIST TO WARN LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES OF A DANGEROUS INDIVIDUAL IN SUCH PSYCHIATRIST'S CARE.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require psychiatrists to alert local and state law enforcement authorities if they determine that a patient they are treating is either a threat or danger to himself or herself or to others.

Statement of Purpose:

To require psychiatrists to alert local and state law enforcement authorities if they determine that a patient they are treating is either a threat or danger to himself or herself or to others.