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+OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
+Legislative Office Building, Room 5200
+Hartford, CT 06106  (860) 240-0200
+http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa
+SB-366
+AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIFORM INVESTIGATION OF
+ACCIDENT REPORT AND CERTAIN REPORTS BY PEACE
+OFFICERS.
 
-General Assembly File No. 279
-February Session, 2026 Senate Bill No. 366
-
-Senate, March 31, 2026
-
-The Committee on Public Safety and Security reported through
-SEN. GASTON of the 23rd Dist., Chairperson of the Committee
-on the part of the Senate, that the bill ought to pass.
-
- AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIFORM INVESTIGATION OF
-ACCIDENT REPORT AND CERTAIN REPORTS BY PEACE OFFICERS.
-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
-Assembly convened:
-
-Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 14 -108a of the general statutes is 1
-repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
-1, 2026): 3
-(a) (1) The Commissioner of Transportation shall prescribe for the 4
-Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services 5
-and Public Protection and for each police department and officer and 6
-other suitable agencies or individuals a uniform investigation of 7
-accident report, in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe, which 8
-form shall be followed in filing all such reports. 9
-(2) In each motor vehicle accident in which any person is killed or 10
-injured or in which damage to the property of any one individual, 11
-including the operator, in excess of one thousand dollars is sustained, 12
-the police officer, agency or individual who, in the regular course of 13
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-duty, investigates such accident, either at the time of or at the scene of 14
-the accident or thereafter, by interviewing the participants or witnesses, 15
-shall, (A) not later than  five days after completing such investigation, 16
-complete and forward one copy of such report to the Commissioner of 17
-Transportation, and (B) not later than thirty days after completing such 18
-investigation, make such report available to such participants and any 19
-such witnesses . Such report shall contain all available information 20
-relating to the location and cause of the accident, the conditions then 21
-existing, the persons and vehicles involved and the names of the 22
-insurance companies issuing their automobile liability policies, as well 23
-as the enforcement action taken, if any, and, in the case of a motor 24
-vehicle accident in which any person is killed, such report shall, if 25
-possible and practicable, reach a conclusion as to the cause of the 26
-accident. If such a conclusion cannot be reached, the investigating 27
-officer, agency or individual shall refer the case to the state's attorney 28
-for the judicial district in which the accident occurred, who may refer 29
-the case to the Division of State Police within the Department of 30
-Emergency Services and Public Protection for review and further 31
-investigation. The Commissioner of Transportation shall forward to the 32
-Commissioner of Motor Vehicles one copy of each report of any accident 33
-involving a school bus. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may 34
-inquire into or investigate any accident reported pursuant to this 35
-subsection and may request the assistance of the Division of State Police 36
-within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for 37
-such purposes. 38
-Sec. 2. Section 7-294pp of the general statutes is amended by adding 39
-subsection (e) as follows (Effective October 1, 2026): 40
-(NEW) (e) For any matter in which a person experiences an 41
-emergency medical condition or is medically unstable while in direct 42
-audio or visual contact with, or under the custody or control of, a peace 43
-officer, the peace officer shall prepare a report describing the matter. The 44
-report shall be completed not later than five days after the matter 45
-occurred. Upon request by such person, the peace officer shall provide 46
-a copy of the completed report to the person not later than five days 47
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-after the report is completed. 48
-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
-sections:
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-Section 1 October 1, 2026 14-108a(a)
-Sec. 2 October 1, 2026 7-294pp(e)
-
-PS Joint Favorable
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-The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of
-the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not
-represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.  In general,
-fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional
-knowledge.  Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final
-products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
+Primary Analyst: PM 3/30/26
+Contributing Analyst(s): ES
+Reviewer: MM
 
 OFA Fiscal Note
 
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 bill.
 The potential cost depends on whether the increased reporting
 requirements result in a need for more staff or overtime, which would
-depend on the number of covered interactions. Agencies that routinely
-interact with or are in the vicinity of clients who experience an
-emergency medical condition or are medically unstable may experience
 
 1These agencies include, but are not limited to, the Connecticut State Police, the
 University of Connecticut Police Department, the police departments of the
 Connecticut State Colleges & Universities, the Department of Mental Health and
 Addiction Services P olice, and the Environmental Conservation Police in the
 Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
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+depend on the number of covered interactions. Agencies that routinely
+interact with or are in the vicinity of clients who experience an
+emergency medical condition or are medically unstable may experience
 higher costs. For example, most emergency related client interactions
-under the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
+under the Department of Men tal Health and Addiction Services
 (DMHAS) are a response to staff requests for assistance during
 medical/psych emergencies. These instances are not formally
-documented by police and are handled by clinical staff. To the extent
+documented by police and are handled by clinical staf f. To the extent
 the reporting requirement applies regardless of whether an immediate
 request for emergency services is made, DMHAS would incur increased
 staff costs to document, report, and record every incident.
 The Out Years
 The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
 continue into the future subject to the number of required reports.
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-OLR Bill Analysis
-SB 366
-
-AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIFORM INVESTIGATION OF
-ACCIDENT REPORT AND CERTAIN REPORTS BY PEACE
-OFFICERS.
-
-SUMMARY
-This bill builds on an existing requirement under which police
-officers and other investigating  agencies and people must send the
-transportation commissioner an accident report, within five days after
-completing an investigation, for any motor vehicle accident in which
-someone (1) was killed or injured or (2) incurred more than $1,000 in
-property damage.  The bill requires these investigators to make their
-reports available within 30 days after completing their investigations to
-any accident participants or witnesses they interviewed.
-Additionally, the bill requires each peace officer to prepare a report
-describing any matter in which a person has an emergency medical
-condition or is medically unstable while in the officer’s direct audio or
-visual contact or under his or her custody or control . Reports must be
-done within five days after a matter occurred and, if requested by the
-person, the peace officer must give a copy of the completed report to the
-person within five days after the report’s completion. By law, with
-limited exceptions, peace officers must immediately request emergency
-medical services for someone experiencing this type of  medical event
-under these circumstances (CGS § 7-294pp(c)).
-EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2026
-DEFINITIONS
-By law and under the bill, an “emergency medical condition” or
-being “medically unstable” can arise from a condition that is physical,
-behavioral, or related to a substance use or mental health disorder. An
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-emergency medical condition causes symptoms severe enough,
-including severe pain, that a prudent layperson with an average
-knowledge of health and medicine reasonably determines prompt
-medical attention is warranted to avoid serious jeopardy, impairment,
-or dysfunction. A person is medically unstable if their condition could
-reasonably be understood, under the same layperson standard, to lead
-to an emergency (CGS § 7-294pp(a)).
-The following people are designated “peace officers:” state and local
-police, Division of Criminal Justice inspectors, state marshals exercising
-statutory powers, judicial marshals performing their duties,
-conservation or special conservation officers, constables who perform
-criminal law enforcement duties, appointed special police officers, adult
-probation officers, Department of Correction officials authorized to
-make arrests in a correctional institution or facility, investigators in the
-State Treasurer’ s Office, certified Department of Motor Vehicles
-inspectors, U.S. marshals and deputy marshals, U.S. special agents
-authorized to enforce federal food and drug laws, and certified police
-officers of a law enforcement unit created and governed under a state -
-tribal memorandum (CGS §§ 7-294pp(a) & 53a-3).
-COMMITTEE ACTION
-Public Safety and Security Committee
-Joint Favorable
-Yea 16 Nay 13 (03/17/2026)