Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction
Section 54-102a. (Formerly Sec. 53a-90). - Examination for sexually transmitted disease and HIV testing of persons charged with certain sexual offenses.

(a) The court before which is pending any case involving a violation of any provision of sections 53a-65 to 53a-89, inclusive, may, before final disposition of such case, order the examination of the accused person or, in a delinquency proceeding, the accused child to determine whether or not the accused person or child is suffering from any sexually transmitted disease, unless the court from which such case has been transferred has ordered the examination of the accused person or child for such purpose, in which event the court to which such transfer is taken may determine that a further examination is unnecessary.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19a-582, the court before which is pending any case involving a violation of section 53-21 or any provision of sections 53a-65 to 53a-89, inclusive, that involved a sexual act, as defined in section 54-102b, may, before final disposition of such case, order the testing of the accused person or, in a delinquency proceeding, the accused child for the presence of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus, unless the court from which such case has been transferred has ordered the testing of the accused person or child for such purpose, in which event the court to which such transfer is taken may determine that a further test is unnecessary. If the victim of the offense requests that the accused person or child be tested, the court may order the testing of the accused person or child in accordance with this subsection and the results of such test may be disclosed to the victim. The provisions of sections 19a-581 to 19a-585, inclusive, and section 19a-590, except any provision requiring the subject of an HIV-related test to provide informed consent prior to the performance of such test and any provision that would prohibit or limit the disclosure of the results of such test to the victim under this subsection, shall apply to a test ordered under this subsection and the disclosure of the results of such test.
(c) A report of the result of such examination or test shall be filed with the Department of Public Health on a form supplied by it. If such examination discloses the presence of sexually transmitted disease or if such test discloses the presence of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus, the court may make such order with reference to the continuance of the case or treatment or other disposition of such person as the public health and welfare require. Such examination or test shall be conducted at the expense of the Department of Public Health. Any person who fails to comply with any order of any court under the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 91; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 92-260, S. 34; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 27, 28; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 40, 121; P.A. 10-43, S. 41; P.A. 18-168, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 92-260 replaced “bound over” and “bindover” with “transferred” and “transfer”, respectively; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 added provisions designated as Subsec. (b) concerning acquired immune deficiency syndrome, relettered Subsec. (c) and made prior provisions Subsecs. (a) and (c), amending Subsec. (c) to apply to tests for acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus, effective June 21, 1994; Sec. 53a-90 transferred to Sec. 54-102a in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 10-43 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to make provisions applicable to accused child in delinquency proceeding; P.A. 18-168 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) by replacing “venereal disease” with “sexually transmitted disease”.
Subsec. (b): As long as the conditions set forth in Subsec. are satisfied, the trial court acts within its discretion under the applicable statutory language when it grants a motion for HIV testing and requirements of Sec. 19a-582(d)(8) do not apply to an order for testing under this Subsec. Granting of motion for HIV testing pursuant to Subsec. based solely on finding that defendant has been charged with offense enumerated in a statute that proscribes a sexual act violates a defendant's right to be free from unreasonable searches under Conn. Const. Art. I, Sec. 7, therefore, before ordering testing pursuant to Subsec., a court must first make a finding that such testing would provide useful, practical information to victim that cannot reasonably be obtained otherwise. 339 C. 528.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes