*** Media Advisory *** Connecticut's Safe Havens Act for Newborns on Wednesday, April 29th, at 11 a.m. in Room 1C at the LOB.
Conner, Desmond
For PLANNING PURPOSES Contact: Desmond Conner
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 desmond...@cga.ct.gov
*** Media Advisory ***
State Representative Treneé McGee (D-116), State Senators Cathy Osten (D-19), Ceci Maher (D-26), and Department of Children and Families Commissioner Susan Hamilton will join the Connecticut Hospital Association and advocates for a press conference to recognize Child Abuse Prevention Month by raising awareness about how infants can be protected through Connecticut's Safe Havens Act for Newborns on Wednesday, April 29th, at 11 a.m. in Room 1C at the LOB.
The law, passed in 2000, allows a parent who does not believe they can care for their newborn to voluntarily relinquish custody of an infant age 30 days or younger to the staff of an emergency room and remain anonymous.
Who: State Representative Treneé McGee, State Senators Cathy Osten and Ceci Maher; Susan Hamilton, Department of Children and Families Commissioner; Allison Matthews-Wilson, Connecticut Hospital Association; Tiffany Quinn, National Safe Haven Alliance; Lori Stewart, Connecticut Catholic Conference; Pam Sawyer, former State Representative and an architect of Safe Haven legislation; Doug Hood, Lecturer in Neurology, Yale University (Retired); Nicholas Sherwood, Deputy Chief, Meriden Police Department.
What: Press Conference, CT's Safe Havens Act for Newborns
When: Wednesday, April 29, 11 a.m.
Where: Room 1C, Legislative Office Building, 300 Capitol Ave., Hartford
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Desmond Conner
Press Department
Connecticut House Democrats
Office: 860-240-0071
Cell: 203-376-0847
Rep. Belton (Middletown), Chair, Black Maternal Health & Infant Care
Rep. Biggins (East Hartford, Manchester)
Rep. Bumgardner (Groton, Stonington), Vice Chair, Environment
Rep. Exum (West Hartford, Avon), Deputy Maj. Leader, Vice Chair, Appropriations, Tri-Chair, Transforming Children’s
Behavioral Health
Rep. Jacobson (Stamford)
Rep. Kavros DeGraw (Avon, Canton), Chair, Planning and Development; Co-chair, Bipartisan Women’s Caucus
Rep. McGee (West Haven), Dep. Maj. Leader, Vice Chair, Black Maternal Health & Infant Care
Rep. Paris (Stamford), Chair, Committee on Children; Vice Chair, Appropriations
Rep. M. Sanchez (New Britain), Chair, Labor and Public Employees Committee
Rep. Wilson (Norwich), Vice Chair, Labor and Public Employees
Rep. Wood (Rocky Hill, Wethersfield), Chair, Insurance and Real Estate
