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Bill addressing children’s mental health heads to governor
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Rep. Rosa Rebimbas, R-Naugatuck, speaks against Senate Bill 2, an an Act Concerning Social Equity and the Health, Safety and Education of Children during the discussion on June 2, 2021.
The state House of Representatives gave final approval Wednesday to legislation aimed at addressing the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on students’ mental health and education.
One of the key components of Senate Bill 2 would expand mental health services and interventions for kids by implementing suicide prevention training in local and district health departments that will be administered by the Office of the Child Advocate and the Youth Suicide Advisory Board once every three years starting July 1, 2022.
The ACLU of Connecticut Smart Justice team listens to the House Clean Slate debate from outside the Capitol.
The House of Representatives voted 91-56 for final passage Thursday night of a “clean slate” bill, sending to a publicly noncommittal governor a measure that would automatically erase certain criminal convictions from a person’s record if they go seven or 10 years without committing another crime.
“This bill today is not about whether someone should face punishment or not,” said Rep. Steven Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee. “What it’s about is whether someone should face the collateral consequences of punishment for a lifetime for a crime they committed at some discrete point in time.”
Narrowed CT clean slate bill wins final passage
Kelan Lyons, CTMirror.org
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State Rep. Steven Stafstrom, D-BridgeportChristian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
The House of Representatives voted 91-56 for final passage Thursday night of a “clean slate” bill, sending to a publicly noncommittal governor a measure that would automatically erase certain criminal convictions from a person’s record if they go seven or 10 years without committing another crime.
“This bill today is not about whether someone should face punishment or not,” said Rep. Steven Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee. “What it’s about is whether someone should face the collateral consequences of punishment for a lifetime for a crime they committed at some discrete point in time.”
CT blue envelopes aid police, people with autism. Too few people know about them, experts say
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State Rep. Liz Linehan is photographed with the blue envelope for people on the autistic spectrum in front of the Wallingford Police Department on May 22, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A simple blue envelope is intended to head off misunderstanding and negative interactions between police and people with autism when they are pulled over on the road.
Launched in January 2020 and available at many police departments and state Department of Motor Vehicles offices, the envelopes may not be as well known as they would have been if the COVID-19 pandemic had not hit two months later. Around the state, police departments have varied experience with the envelopes and training in them, and a push is on to share information about the envelopes and how they are used.