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SB00391 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR WOMEN COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR WOMEN COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Judiciary Committee
Last action
2026-05-27
Official status
Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on the effectiveness or outcomes of ensuring women receive care without long travel.

Breast Cancer Care for Women in Prison

This law allows women in prison to get breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment closer to their facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the Commissioner of Correction to arrange for breast cancer care services at nearby health centers instead of distant ones.
  • Requires the Commissioner to find a closer health center if they cannot provide mammograms on-site in prisons.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Women committed to Connecticut's Department of Correction
  • Health care institutions licensed by the state

Terms To Know

mammogram
A special X-ray used to check for breast cancer.
Commissioner of Correction
The person in charge of Connecticut's Department of Correction, responsible for managing prisons and correctional facilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if no nearby health centers are available.
  • Effective date is July 1, 2026, so changes will start then.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  2. 2026-05-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  3. 2026-05-20 LCO

    Public Act 26-117

  4. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  5. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 576

  6. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed

  7. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    In Concurrence

  8. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed

  9. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    On Consent Calendar

  10. 2026-04-14 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  11. 2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  12. 2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 395

  13. 2026-04-14 LCO

    File Number 617

  14. 2026-04-08 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/26 5:00 PM

  15. 2026-03-30 JUD

    Joint Favorable

  16. 2026-03-30 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  17. 2026-03-13 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/18

  18. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

To provide additional breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment options to women committed to the custody of the Department of Correction.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Senate Bill No. 391

Public Act No. 26-117

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF BREAST CANCER
SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR
WOMEN COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) ( Effective July 1, 2026 ) The Commissioner of
Correction, when providing medical care for the screening, diagnosis
and treatment of breast cancer to any woman committed to the custody
of the Department of Correction, may arrange for such screening,
diagnostic and treatment servic es to be provided by a health care
institution, licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 368v
of the general statutes, that is in closer proximity to the correctional
facility than The University of Conn ecticut Health Center. In the event
the commissioner is unable to provide a required diagnostic and
screening mammogram, as defined in section 38a -503 of the general
statutes, to a woman committed to the custody of the commissioner on-
site at the correctio nal facility, the commissioner may then arrange for
the provision of such mammogram at a health care institution that is in
closer proximity to the correctional facility than The University of
Connecticut Health Center.