10 new laws taking effect in CT in 2022
While several laws went into effect in 2021, here's a look at some of the laws taking effect in 2022.
Paid Family and
Medical Leave
Starting on
The act provides up to 12 weeks of benefits over a 12-month period and provides two additional weeks of benefits for a serious health condition that "results in incapacitation during pregnancy." This is an increase from the current 16 weeks of leave offered in a 24-month time frame.
Adult-use cannabis
By
Erasure of criminal records
Signed in the 2021 legislative session, the biggest component of the act allows for the erasure of some criminal records starting in 2023. According to the law, people who have been charged with low-level felonies can petition for a court to clear their public records after seven years if the offense occurred on or after
The law does not apply to Class A, B or C felonies (which can include murder, aggravated sexual assault of a minor or first-degree manslaughter with a firearm) - or family violence crimes and certain sex offender crimes. Certain low-level felonies (Class D or E felonies) can be erased after seven years if the offense occurred on or after
Starting in July, the act will allow for a police officer part of a disciplinary investigation involving body camera or dashboard camera footage to review the footage in the presence of an attorney and view other camera footage capturing the officer in question during the incident. Within 48 hours of the officer's review (or 96 hours after the incident if the officer doesn't review the footage), the recording can be disclosed to the public upon request.
Other provisions that take effect on
Immunizations
Starting
Exemptions submitted before
The law also required the
Parentage Act
The Connecticut Parentage Act will take effect on
The new law will also clarify the rights of a non-biological parent in a couple that uses surrogacy or other means of assisted reproduction to have a child whether straight or gay. It also clarifies the rights of a surrogate who carries a child to birth under contract.
Use of force by police officer
Starting
The new law also establishes criteria to evaluate whether or not the officer's use of force was "objectively reasonable," and examines whether the officer's "unreasonable conduct" led to an increased risk preceding the use of force. The law's implementation was delayed from
Accessory apartments
Starting
The law also stops municipal zoning regulations from establishing minimum floor area requirements that exceed proper safety code and helps prevent overcrowding. It also requires regulations to provide for varied housing opportunities and further the federal Fair Housing Act, while also protecting "historic, tribal, cultural and environmental resources."
Living organ donors
Public Act No. 21-156 (Sec. 1-3) protects living organ donors from discrimination when obtaining insurance from life, disability and long-term care insurance providers. Any discrimination that falls in this category is considered a violation of the Connecticut Unfair Insurance Practices Act, which prohibits unfair business practices from insurance companies.
The new law, which takes effect on
Health equity and coronavirus
By
These materials are required to be posted on the DPH website by
Psychotropic drugs
Starting
The new law also prohibits mental health care benefits provided under state law, with state funds or to state employees, from requiring a health care provider to prescribe an outpatient psychotropic drug in a quantity greater than deemed clinically appropriate.
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10 new laws taking effect in Connecticut in 2022
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