Sec. 17a-467. (Formerly Sec. 17-211b). Regulations re private treatment of patients in state hospitals. Payment for treatment.
Sec. 17a-467. (Formerly Sec. 17-211b). Regulations re private treatment of
patients in state hospitals. Payment for treatment. (a) The Commissioner of Mental
Health and Addiction Services, with the approval of the State Board of Mental Health
and Addiction Services, shall promulgate regulations under which any physician or
psychiatrist licensed to practice in this state may conduct private treatment of any of
his patients who have been admitted to any of the facilities of the Department of Mental
Health and Addiction Services. Any such private treatment carried out in any of said
facilities shall be conducted jointly with the staff of the facility and shall be subject to
the approval of the superintendent or director of the facility who shall retain ultimate
responsibility for the care and treatment of all patients under his control.
(b) Any patient, or the family or guardian of, or any other person having legal responsibility for, such patient who, while such patient is in a facility of the Department
of Mental Health and Addiction Services, engages the private services of a physician
or psychiatrist under subsection (a) of this section shall be responsible for and pay
all fees and other charges of such physician or psychiatrist for such services. If the
superintendent or director of a facility of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction
Services gives his consent for a patient, under his care, to obtain and receive any such
private treatment while the patient is in the facility, such consent shall not confer any
responsibility or otherwise impose any liability on the department or on any other state
department or agency for the treatment, fees or other charges of any such physician or
psychiatrist.
(1969, P.A. 476, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 13, 58.)
History: Sec. 17-211b transferred to Sec. 17a-467 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner, Department and Board
of Mental Health with Commissioner, Department and Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July
1, 1995.