SR 11 — RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SUPERSEDING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN ROBERT BARFIELD, ET AL. V. ANGEL QUIROS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

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626 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.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 23 $ FY 24 $ Comptroller - Adjudicated GF - Cost 112,500 None Claims Account Note:

GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The settlement requires the state to pay the fees and costs of the plaintiff's counsel resulting in a cost of $112,500 in FY 23.

The settlement also requires the Department of Correction (DOC) to provide hepatitis C (HCV) screening and treatment to all inmates until August 1, 2022 resulting in no fiscal impact because the DOC already provides these services.

1 The Out Years None.

1In FY 21 the DOC spent $7.7 million on HCV testing and treatment and are estimated to spend $9.0 million in FY 22.

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626 OLR Bill Analysis SR 11 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SUPERSEDING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN ROBERT BARFIELD, ET AL.

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ANGEL QUIROS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

SUMMARY The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Resolutions.

COMMITTEE ACTION Judiciary Committee Senate Favorable Yea 7 Nay 2 (04/11/2022) SR11 / File No.

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