Title 17a, Title 17a: Social and Human Services and Resources

Sec. 17a-451. (Formerly Sec. 17-210a). Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Duties. Regulations re fair hearing process. Memorandum of understanding. (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall be a qualified person with a master's degree o…

Sec. 17a-451a. Closure of state-operated programs at Fairfield Hills Hospital and at Norwich Hospital and consolidation of programs at Connecticut Valley Hospital. Private provider services. Section 17a-451a is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 95-257, S. 1, 58; P.A. 07-…

Sec. 17a-451b. Consolidation of inpatient mental health and substance abuse services at Connecticut Valley Hospital: Exemption from certain approval requirements. Section 17a-451b is repealed, effective June 4, 2018. (P.A. 95-257, S. 6, 58; P.A. 97-94, S. 1, 2; P.A. 98-150, S. 10…

Sec. 17a-451c. Relocation of former Norwich Hospital tenants. Exemption from certain project approval requirements. Section 17a-451c is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 96-158, S. 2, 3; P.A. 98-150, S. 11, 17; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 17a-451d. Nonlapsing fund for site acquisition, capital development and infrastructure costs to provide services to persons with intellectual disability or psychiatric disabilities. There is established a nonlapsing fund that shall contain (1) any moneys received by the stat…

Sec. 17a-451e. Sale, lease or transfer of Fairfield Hills Hospital. Use of moneys. Any moneys received by the state from the sale, lease or transfer of all or any part of Fairfield Hills Hospital shall be allocated to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and sha…

Sec. 17a-451f. Nonlapsing mental health services grants accounts. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17a-451e, the funds required by said section to be allocated to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, for grants for mental health services, shall be depo…

Sec. 17a-451g. Mental health community investment account. There is established an account to be known as the “mental health community investment account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law t…

Sec. 17a-452. (Formerly Sec. 17-210b). Deputy commissioners. Section 17a-452 is repealed, effective October 1, 2015. (1972, P.A. 145, S. 4; P.A. 95-257, S. 15, 58; P.A. 15-120, S. 5.)

Sec. 17a-453. (Formerly Sec. 17-219). Administration of Mental Health Act authorized by Congress. Funds. The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is designated as the state agency to administer the Mental Health Act as authorized under Public Law 487 of the 79th Con…

Secs. 17a-453a and 17a-453b. Operation of behavioral health managed care program for recipients of medical services under the state-administered general assistance program. Waiver from federal law sought for services provided under section 17a-453a. Sections 17a-453a and 17a-453b…

Sec. 17a-453c. “Project Safe” interagency collaboration. There shall be an interagency collaboration, to be known as “Project Safe”, between the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Children and Families, for the evaluation of and service deliv…

Sec. 17a-453d. Transitional behavioral health services available to certain reservists and their dependents. The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall provide…

Sec. 17a-453e. Web site to provide mental health care information and assistance. On or before July 1, 2006, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall initiate the development, implementation, promotion and maintenance of a single resource web site to provide…

Sec. 17a-453f. Pilot behavioral health support services program. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall implement an assertive community treatment program to provide behavioral health support services in three cities of the state that, on June 30, 2013, do…

Sec. 17a-453g. Case management and case coordination services for persons with mental illness. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall provide case management and case coordination services to not more than one hundred persons with mental illness who are in…

Sec. 17a-453h. *(See end of section for amended version of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) and effective date.) Mental health first aid training program. (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall admi…

Sec. 17a-453i. Mental health toolkit re COVID-19. The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall develop a mental health toolkit to help employers in the state address employee mental health needs that arise as a result of COVID-19. Such toolkit shall (1) identify c…

Sec. 17a-453j. Program for persons diagnosed with recent-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Children and Families, shall establish, within available appropriations, …

Sec. 17a-454. (Formerly Sec. 17-220). Acceptance of gift or devise by Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may accept and receive, on behalf of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, any be…

Sec. 17a-455. (Formerly Sec. 17-221). Acceptance of gift or devise on behalf of state-operated facility within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may accept and receive, on behalf of any state-operated …

Sec. 17a-455a. Lease of private residence for a person receiving services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may, within available appropriati…

Sec. 17a-456. (Formerly Sec. 17-207). Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services. (a) On and before October 1, 2022, there shall be a Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services that shall consist of: (1) Nineteen members appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions …

Sec. 17a-457. (Formerly Sec. 17-208a). Duties of board. (a) The Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall meet monthly with the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to review with the commissioner and advise the commissioner on programs, policies and pla…

Sec. 17a-458. (Formerly Sec. 17-207a). Definitions. When used in this section and sections 17a-450, 17a-451, 17a-455, 17a-457, 17a-465, 17a-470, 17a-472, 17a-473 and 17a-475 unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Persons with psychiatric …

Sec. 17a-458a. Term “psychiatric disability” substituted for “mental illness”. (a) Whenever the term “mental illness” is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “psychiatric disabilities” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 17a-474, 17a-4…

Secs. 17a-458b to 17a-458d. “Acute Care Division” defined. Effect of consolidation of operations at Connecticut Valley Hospital and Cedarcrest Hospital. Term “substance use disorders” substituted for “substance abuse disabilities”. Sections 17a-458b to 17a-458d, inclusive, are re…

Sec. 17a-459. (Formerly Sec. 17-209a). Connecticut Mental Health Center. The Connecticut Mental Health Center shall be a facility of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and shall include the Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven and such satellite locat…

Sec. 17a-460. (Formerly Sec. 17-209b). Center advisory board. Section 17a-460 is repealed, effective June 27, 2023. (1963, P.A. 579, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 44, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 13, 58; P.A. 23-121, S. 4.)

Sec. 17a-460a. Connecticut Mental Health Center: Definitions. As used in sections 17a-460a to 17a-460f, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. (2) “Center” means the Connecticut Mental Health Center established pursuant to se…

Sec. 17a-460b. Connecticut Mental Health Center: Participation authorized. (a) The center, when authorized by the commissioner, may participate in local, regional or state-wide provider networks, preferred provider organizations, physician-hospital organizations or other similar …

Sec. 17a-460c. Connecticut Mental Health Center: Provider agreements. (a) The center, when authorized by the commissioner, may enter into provider agreements and other contractual arrangements with Medicaid and Medicare managed care plans, governmental health plans, health mainte…

Sec. 17a-460d. Connecticut Mental Health Center: Other contracts. (a) Whenever the commissioner deems it appropriate and grants approval, the center may enter into contracts, agreements, leases, or other arrangements for the following: (1) The acquisition of commodities, goods, s…

Sec. 17a-460e. Connecticut Mental Health Center: Authorized activities. The center may do the following, if approved by the commissioner as furthering the purposes of the center as set forth in section 17a-460b: (1) Employ or retain accountants, attorneys and architectural, engin…

Sec. 17a-460f. Connecticut Mental Health Center: Accounting. With the approval of the commissioner, the center shall establish rules and criteria for determining whether any of the center's accounts receivable shall be treated as uncollectible. Such rules and criteria shall be fu…

Sec. 17a-461. (Formerly Sec. 17-209c). Charges for care. The same persons and estates as are legally liable for support of patients in state humane institutions shall be liable for support of patients in said center, in accordance with ability to pay, and the Commissioner of Admi…

Sec. 17a-462. (Formerly Sec. 17-209g). Capitol Region Mental Health Center. Section 17a-462 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 75-479, S. 20, 25; 75-523, S. 7, 8; P.A. 93-427, S. 5, 6.)

Sec. 17a-463. (Formerly Sec. 17-212a). Fairfield Hills Hospital. Greenwich House property transferred. Section 17a-463 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 78-209, S. 2, 3; P.A. 80-134; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 07-148, S. 20.)

Sec. 17a-464. (Formerly Sec. 17-209h). Ribicoff Research Center. The Ribicoff Research Center is established and shall be operated by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services as a facility with state-wide responsibility for research in mental health or substance abu…

Sec. 17a-465. (Formerly Sec. 17-222). Traffic regulation on grounds of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services facilities. The superintendent or director of any state-operated facility within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, subject to the approv…

Sec. 17a-465a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-5c). Traffic restrictions on grounds of facility. Penalty. Section 17a-465a is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 86-371, S. 40, 45; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 5, 58; P.A. 09-145, S. 18.)

Sec. 17a-465b. Filing of missing person report concerning person missing from inpatient facility. A relative, guardian or conservator of a person who is receiving inpatient services at a facility of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and is missing from such f…

Sec. 17a-466. (Formerly Sec. 17-211a). Contract for services for patients or former patients of department institutions. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may contract with any public or private agency, including a general hospital and a public health nursi…

Sec. 17a-467. (Formerly Sec. 17-211b). Private treatment of patients in Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services facilities. Payment for treatment. (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may allow any physician or psychiatrist licensed to practice …

Sec. 17a-468. (Formerly Sec. 17-211c). Contracts with private agencies for halfway house handling of patients. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may contract with any private, nonprofit agency for the handling of patients within a halfway house setting. (19…

Sec. 17a-468a. Provision of housing subsidies to persons qualifying for supportive housing. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may, within available appropriations, provide housing subsidies to persons receiving services from the Department of Mental Health …