Sec. 17a-469. (Formerly Sec. 17-224). Psychiatric clinics and day treatment programs.
Sec. 17a-469. (Formerly Sec. 17-224). Psychiatric clinics and day treatment
programs. Each state-operated facility for persons with psychiatric disabilities may
establish psychiatric clinics and day treatment programs for adult persons, including
those who are or have been committed pursuant to a Probate Court order. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall determine financial liability for services in such
psychiatric clinics and day treatment programs, and the same persons and estates as are
legally liable for support of patients in state humane institutions shall be liable for payment in accordance with section 4a-12 and subsection (b) of section 17b-223.
(1949 Rev., S. 2702; February, 1965, P.A. 211; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 5; P.A. 75-603, S. 8, 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610;
P.A. 79-19; P.A. 87-421, S. 5, 13; P.A. 95-257, S. 48, 58.)
History: 1965 act added minor persons to purview of statute; 1967 act authorized day treatment programs and added
provisions re establishment of sliding scale of charges and liability for payment of charges; P.A. 75-603 deleted reference
to programs for minors; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative
services; P.A. 79-19 replaced "state hospital for mental illness" with "state-operated facility for the mentally ill" and "under
legal control of mental hospitals" with "committed pursuant to a probate court order" and made provision of clinics and
day treatment programs optional rather than mandatory; P.A. 87-421 added reference to payment "in accordance with Sec.
4-68a and Subsec. (b) of Sec. 17-295" and deleted reference to sliding scale of charges established in consultation with
mental health commissioner; Sec. 17-224 transferred to Sec. 17a-469 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced "the mentally ill" with
"persons with psychiatric disabilities", effective July 1, 1995.