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      Sec. 46b-149b. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Immunity of police officer or municipal official from personal liability. Protocol for intervention and assistance in youths in crisis matters. (a) Any police officer or any official of a municipal or community agency, who in the course of such police officer's or official's employment under subsection (d) of section 17a-15 or section 46b-120, 46b-121, 46b-149, 46b-149a, 46b-150f or 46b-150g provides assistance to a child or a family in need thereof, shall not be liable to such child or such family for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from the voluntary termination of service by the child or the family.

      (b) Each municipal police department and the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety shall implement a uniform protocol for providing intervention and assistance in matters involving youths in crisis. Such uniform protocol shall be developed by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b.

      (P.A. 80-401, S. 3; P.A. 02-109, S. 4; P.A. 03-257, S. 4.)

      *Note: On and after January 1, 2010, this section, as amended by section 82 of public act 07-4 of the June special session, is to read as follows:

      "Sec. 46b-149b. Immunity of police officer or municipal official from personal liability. Any police officer or any official of a municipal or community agency, who in the course of such police officer's or official's employment under subsection (d) of section 17a-15 or section 46b-120, 46b-121, 46b-149 or 46b-149a provides assistance to a child or a family in need thereof, shall not be liable to such child or such family for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from the voluntary termination of service by the child or the family."

      (P.A. 80-401, S. 3; P.A. 02-109, S. 4; P.A. 03-257, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 82.)

      History: P.A. 02-109 extended provisions to employment under Secs. 46b-150f and 46b-150g; P.A. 03-257 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), making a technical change therein, and added Subsec. (b) re protocol for intervention and assistance in matters involving youths in crisis; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 deleted former Subsec. (b) re protocol for youth in crisis, deleted Subsec. (a) designator and deleted references to Secs. 46b-150f and 46b-150g, effective January 1, 2010.