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

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-547 (Formerly Sec. 17-206h). Visitors. Restrictions on mail, telephone and visitor privileges, when allowed.
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Sec. 17a-547. (Formerly Sec. 17-206h). Visitors. Restrictions on mail, telephone and visitor privileges, when allowed. (a) Every patient shall be permitted to receive visitors at regular visiting hours, except as herein provided. The head of the hospital shall: (1) Establish visi…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-548 (Formerly Sec. 17-206i). Patient's rights re clothing, possessions, money and access to records. List of rights to be posted.
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Sec. 17a-548. (Formerly Sec. 17-206i). Patient's rights re clothing, possessions, money and access to records. List of rights to be posted. (a) Any patient shall be permitted to wear his or her own clothes; to keep and use personal possessions including toilet articles; to be pre…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-549 (Formerly Sec. 17-206j). Denial of employment, housing, licenses, because of history of mental disorder restricted.
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Sec. 17a-549. (Formerly Sec. 17-206j). Denial of employment, housing, licenses, because of history of mental disorder restricted. (a) No person shall be denied employment, housing, civil service rank, any license or permit, including a professional license, or any other civil or …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-54a Support for families with children with serious, chronic medical conditions.
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Sec. 17a-54a. Support for families with children with serious, chronic medical conditions. Section 17a-54a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 41; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); P.A. 13-234, S. 155.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-54b Policies and procedures to secure health, safety and well-being of infants affected at birth by drug or alcohol exposure.
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Sec. 17a-54b. Policies and procedures to secure health, safety and well-being of infants affected at birth by drug or alcohol exposure. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “drug abuse” means the ingestion of controlled substances, as defined in 21 USC 802, without a prescriptio…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-55 Awarding of grants to community service programs based upon effectiveness.
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Sec. 17a-55. Awarding of grants to community service programs based upon effectiveness. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall implement a system of awarding grants to community service programs whereby such programs are funded proportionate to their effectiveness in tre…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-550 (Formerly Sec. 17-206k). Remedies of aggrieved persons.
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Sec. 17a-550. (Formerly Sec. 17-206k). Remedies of aggrieved persons. Any person aggrieved by a violation of sections 17a-540 to 17a-549, inclusive, may petition the superior court within whose jurisdiction the person is or resides for appropriate relief, including temporary and …
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 17a-551 to 17a-559 17a-551 to 17a-559
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Secs. 17a-551 to 17a-559. Reserved for future use. PART IV WHITING FORENSIC HOSPITAL
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-56 17a-56
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Sec. 17a-56. Transferred to Chapter 319rr, Sec. 17b-751b.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-560 (Formerly Sec. 17-238). Definitions.
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Sec. 17a-560. (Formerly Sec. 17-238). Definitions. As used in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, unless specifically provided otherwise, “hospital” means the Whiting Forensic Hospital, including the diagnostic unit established under the provisions of section 17a-562, or any …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-560a Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital substituted for Whiting Forensic Institute.
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Sec. 17a-560a. Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital substituted for Whiting Forensic Institute. Section 17a-560a is repealed, effective June 4, 2018. (P.A. 95-257, S. 20, 58; P.A. 18-86, S. 54.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-561 (Formerly Sec. 17-239). Persons to be treated at Whiting Forensic Hospital.
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Sec. 17a-561. (Formerly Sec. 17-239). Persons to be treated at Whiting Forensic Hospital. The Whiting Forensic Hospital shall exist for the care and treatment of (1) patients with psychiatric disabilities, confined in facilities under the control of the Department of Mental Healt…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-562 (Formerly Sec. 17-240). Whiting Forensic Hospital under control and supervision of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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Sec. 17a-562. (Formerly Sec. 17-240). Whiting Forensic Hospital under control and supervision of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The Whiting Forensic Hospital shall be within the general administrative control and supervision of the Department of Mental Health…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-563 (Formerly Sec. 17-242). Appointment of staff.
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Sec. 17a-563. (Formerly Sec. 17-242). Appointment of staff. The director shall appoint, subject to chapter 67 and with the approval of the advisory and review board, adequate staff including psychiatrists, certified psychologists, social workers, a dentist and such other professi…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-564 (Formerly Sec. 17-242a). Director to make report to board.
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Sec. 17a-564. (Formerly Sec. 17-242a). Director to make report to board. The director of the Whiting Forensic Hospital shall quarterly make a report to the Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services on the affairs of the hospital, including reports of reexaminations and recomm…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-565 (Formerly Sec. 17-243). Replacement of advisory board with oversight board. Functions. Investigative reports. Reporting.
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Sec. 17a-565. (Formerly Sec. 17-243). Replacement of advisory board with oversight board. Functions. Investigative reports. Reporting. (a)(1) On and before September 30, 2022, there shall be an advisory board for Whiting Forensic Hospital, constituted as follows: The Commissioner…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-566 (Formerly Sec. 17-244). Certain convicted persons to be examined. Report and recommendation.
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Sec. 17a-566. (Formerly Sec. 17-244). Certain convicted persons to be examined. Report and recommendation. (a) Except as provided in section 17a-574, any court prior to sentencing a person convicted of an offense for which the penalty may be imprisonment in any correctional insti…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-567 (Formerly Sec. 17-245). Disposition of defendant after report.
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Sec. 17a-567. (Formerly Sec. 17-245). Disposition of defendant after report. (a) If the report recommends that the defendant be sentenced in accordance with the conviction, placed on probation by the court or placed on probation by the court with the requirement, as a condition o…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-568 (Formerly Sec. 17-247). Other statutes not affected.
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Sec. 17a-568. (Formerly Sec. 17-247). Other statutes not affected. Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall affect proceedings under sections 17a-580 to 17a-602, inclusive, 17b-250 and 54-56d. (1957, P.A. 650, S. 10; 1967, P.A. 183, S. 2; P.A. 80-470, S. 5, 11; P.…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-569 (Formerly Sec. 17-250). Periodic examinations of patients.
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Sec. 17a-569. (Formerly Sec. 17-250). Periodic examinations of patients. Not less than once every six months the staff of the hospital shall give a complete psychiatric examination to every patient confined in the hospital. As used in this section and sections 17a-570 to 17a-573,…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-56a 17a-56a
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Sec. 17a-56a. Transferred to Chapter 319rr, Sec. 17b-751c.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-57 Designation of emergency room nursing staff to take physical custody of infant voluntarily surrendered.
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Sec. 17a-57. Designation of emergency room nursing staff to take physical custody of infant voluntarily surrendered. Each hospital operating an emergency room shall designate all members of the emergency room nursing staff as employees authorized to take physical custody of an in…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-570 (Formerly Sec. 17-251). Review and disposition of case after periodic examination. Report of determination to court. Hearing.
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Sec. 17a-570. (Formerly Sec. 17-251). Review and disposition of case after periodic examination. Report of determination to court. Hearing. (a) As soon as is practicable, the director of the Whiting Forensic Hospital shall act upon the examination reports of the director's staff.…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-571 (Formerly Sec. 17-252). Notice of director's action.
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Sec. 17a-571. (Formerly Sec. 17-252). Notice of director's action. Copies of the patient's examination report submitted to the director and copies of the director's determination shall be sent to the court which sentenced him if the patient was sentenced under section 17a-567. (1…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-572 (Formerly Sec. 17-253). Records to be confidential.
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Sec. 17a-572. (Formerly Sec. 17-253). Records to be confidential. All certificates, applications, records and reports made for the purpose of sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, and directly or indirectly identifying a person subject to it shall be kept confidential and shall…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-573 (Formerly Sec. 17-254). When director may institute commitment proceedings.
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Sec. 17a-573. (Formerly Sec. 17-254). When director may institute commitment proceedings. Within two months prior to the expiration of the maximum term of confinement authorized for any patient under section 17a-567, the director of the hospital may, upon the recommendation of th…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-574 (Formerly Sec. 17-255). Cases affecting juveniles unaffected.
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Sec. 17a-574. (Formerly Sec. 17-255). Cases affecting juveniles unaffected. Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall be construed to extend to or affect any case in the Superior Court involving a juvenile matter, or to any person arrested for an offense which is n…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-575 (Formerly Sec. 17-256). Habeas corpus unaffected.
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Sec. 17a-575. (Formerly Sec. 17-256). Habeas corpus unaffected. Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall be construed to limit or suspend the writ of habeas corpus. (1957, P.A. 650, S. 19; P.A. 18-86, S. 46.) History: Sec. 17-256 transferred to Sec. 17a-575 in 199…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-576 (Formerly Sec. 17-257). Effective date.
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Sec. 17a-576. (Formerly Sec. 17-257). Effective date. Section 17a-576 is repealed, effective June 4, 2018. (1957, P.A. 650, S. 23; P.A. 73-245, S. 14; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 20, 58; P.A. 18-86, S. 54.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 17a-577 to 17a-579 17a-577 to 17a-579
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Secs. 17a-577 to 17a-579. Reserved for future use. PART V* PSYCHIATRIC SECURITY REVIEW BOARD *Annotations to former part IVa of chapter 306: Sec. 17-257a et seq. cited. 208 C. 125; 211 C. 591; 215 C. 675. Sec. 17-257a et seq. cited. 10 CA 50; 12 CA 32; 20 CA 96. Annotations to pr…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-58 Physical custody of infant upon voluntary surrender by parent or agent. Mother's surrender of custody of infant in hospital. Medical history. Identification bracelet.
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Sec. 17a-58. Physical custody of infant upon voluntary surrender by parent or agent. Mother's surrender of custody of infant in hospital. Medical history. Identification bracelet. (a) An employee designated pursuant to section 17a-57 shall take physical custody of any infant thir…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-580 (Formerly Sec. 17-257a). Definitions.
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Sec. 17a-580. (Formerly Sec. 17-257a). Definitions. As used in sections 17a-581 to 17a-603, inclusive, and this section: (1) “Acquittee” means any person found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13; (2) “Board” means the Psychiatric Security …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-581 (Formerly Sec. 17-257b). Psychiatric Security Review Board. Membership. Meetings. Regulations.
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Sec. 17a-581. (Formerly Sec. 17-257b). Psychiatric Security Review Board. Membership. Meetings. Regulations. (a) There is hereby established a Psychiatric Security Review Board which shall be an autonomous body within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for adm…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-582 (Formerly Sec. 17-257c). Confinement of acquittee for examination. Court order of commitment to board or discharge.
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Sec. 17a-582. (Formerly Sec. 17-257c). Confinement of acquittee for examination. Court order of commitment to board or discharge. (a) When any person charged with an offense is found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13, the court shall orde…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-583 (Formerly Sec. 17-257d). Initial hearing by board after commitment.
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Sec. 17a-583. (Formerly Sec. 17-257d). Initial hearing by board after commitment. (a) The board shall conduct a hearing to review the status of the acquittee within ninety days of an order committing the acquittee to the jurisdiction of the board, provided, if the court has recom…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-584 (Formerly Sec. 17-257e). Finding and action by board. Recommendation of discharge. Order of conditional release or confinement.
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Sec. 17a-584. (Formerly Sec. 17-257e). Finding and action by board. Recommendation of discharge. Order of conditional release or confinement. At any hearing before the board considering the discharge, conditional release or confinement of the acquittee, except a hearing pursuant …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-585 (Formerly Sec. 17-257f). Periodic review by board.
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Sec. 17a-585. (Formerly Sec. 17-257f). Periodic review by board. The board shall conduct a hearing and review the status of the acquittee not less than once every two years. At such hearing the board shall make a finding and act pursuant to section 17a-584. (P.A. 85-506, S. 6, 32…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-586 (Formerly Sec. 17-257g). Periodic report re mental condition of acquittee.
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Sec. 17a-586. (Formerly Sec. 17-257g). Periodic report re mental condition of acquittee. The superintendent of any hospital for psychiatric disabilities in which an acquittee has been confined or the Commissioner of Developmental Services with whom an acquittee has been placed pu…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-587 (Formerly Sec. 17-257h). Temporary leave. Notification to victim. Application for order of temporary leave. Supervision of acquittee on temporary leave.
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Sec. 17a-587. (Formerly Sec. 17-257h). Temporary leave. Notification to victim. Application for order of temporary leave. Supervision of acquittee on temporary leave. (a) If at any time after the confinement of an acquittee in a hospital for psychiatric disabilities or the placem…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-588 (Formerly Sec. 17-257i). Conditional release.
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Sec. 17a-588. (Formerly Sec. 17-257i). Conditional release. (a) If at any time after the confinement of an acquittee in a hospital for psychiatric disabilities or the placement of an acquittee with the Commissioner of Developmental Services, the superintendent of such hospital or…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-589 (Formerly Sec. 17-257j). Supervision of acquittee on conditional release.
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Sec. 17a-589. (Formerly Sec. 17-257j). Supervision of acquittee on conditional release. The board may designate any capable person or appropriate public or private agency to supervise the acquittee on conditional release, subject to such conditions as the board sets in the order …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-59 Notification of custody. Assumption of care and control by commissioner. Identification of prospective adoptive parent. Limitation on disclosure of parentage.
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Sec. 17a-59. Notification of custody. Assumption of care and control by commissioner. Identification of prospective adoptive parent. Limitation on disclosure of parentage. (a) Not more than twenty-four hours after taking physical custody of the infant the employee designated purs…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-590 (Formerly Sec. 17-257k). Examination and treatment of acquittee on conditional release. Status reports to board re treatment.
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Sec. 17a-590. (Formerly Sec. 17-257k). Examination and treatment of acquittee on conditional release. Status reports to board re treatment. As one of the conditions of release, the board may require the acquittee to report to any public or private mental health facility for exami…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-591 (Formerly Sec. 17-257l). Modification of conditional release.
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Sec. 17a-591. (Formerly Sec. 17-257l). Modification of conditional release. (a) Any conditionally released acquittee or any person or agency responsible for the supervision or treatment of a conditionally released acquittee may apply to the board for the modification of the order…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-592 (Formerly Sec. 17-257m). Board recommendation to discharge acquittee from custody.
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Sec. 17a-592. (Formerly Sec. 17-257m). Board recommendation to discharge acquittee from custody. (a) The superintendent of any hospital for psychiatric disabilities in which an acquittee has been confined or the Commissioner of Developmental Services with whom an acquittee has be…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-593 (Formerly Sec. 17-257n). Court order to discharge acquittee from custody.
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Sec. 17a-593. (Formerly Sec. 17-257n). Court order to discharge acquittee from custody. (a) The board, pursuant to section 17a-584 or 17a-592, may recommend to the court the discharge of the acquittee from custody or the acquittee may apply directly to the court for discharge fro…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-594 (Formerly Sec. 17-257o). Summary modification or termination of conditional release upon violation of terms or change in mental health.
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Sec. 17a-594. (Formerly Sec. 17-257o). Summary modification or termination of conditional release upon violation of terms or change in mental health. (a) If at any time while an acquittee is under the jurisdiction of the board, it appears to the board or its chairman that a condi…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-595 (Formerly Sec. 17-257p). Testimony of witnesses before board. Subpoena.
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Sec. 17a-595. (Formerly Sec. 17-257p). Testimony of witnesses before board. Subpoena. (a) Upon request of any party to a hearing before the board, the board or its designated representative shall issue, or the board on its own motion may issue, subpoenas requiring the attendance …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-596 (Formerly Sec. 17-257q). Board hearing procedures.
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Sec. 17a-596. (Formerly Sec. 17-257q). Board hearing procedures. (a) Prior to any hearing by the board concerning the discharge, conditional release, temporary leave or confinement of the acquittee, the board, acquittee and state's attorney may each choose a psychiatrist or psych…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-596a Image or recording of acquittee under jurisdiction of the board. Reviewable by counsel in matter before board or Superior Court. Property of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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Sec. 17a-596a. Image or recording of acquittee under jurisdiction of the board. Reviewable by counsel in matter before board or Superior Court. Property of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. (a) Any image or recording of an acquittee, who is under the jurisdictio…