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Connecticut · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 5442: AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROBATE COURT TO ORDER A PERSON WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY TO SUBMIT TO AN INVOLUNTARY MEDICAL EVALUATION AND ASSISTED OUTPATIENT MEDICAL TREATMENT.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 5442 is a bill introduced in the Connecticut House on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROBATE COURT TO ORDER A PERSON WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY TO SUBMIT TO AN INVOLUNTARY MEDICAL EVALUATION AND ASSISTED OUTPATIENT MEDICAL TREATMENT. Primary sponsor: John Piscopo (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 17, 2025): REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John PiscopoPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse76

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source