Sec. 17a-509. (Formerly Sec. 17-191). Placement of persons with psychiatric disabilities in boarding or convalescent hospitals. Not applicable to person convicted of or charged with crime.
Sec. 17a-509. (Formerly Sec. 17-191). Placement of persons with psychiatric
disabilities in boarding or convalescent hospitals. Not applicable to person convicted of or charged with crime. The superintendent or director of any state-operated
facility, as defined in subsection (c) of section 17a-458, may place any person with
psychiatric disabilities committed to such state-operated facility, if such person is no
longer in need of active psychiatric treatment in such state-operated facility, in a private
boarding home for mental patients licensed by the Department of Public Health in accordance with sections 19a-490 to 19a-503, inclusive, or a chronic and convalescent
hospital, provided such person shall, despite such transfer, remain subject to the medical
supervision of the superintendent or director of such state-operated facility, and such
superintendent or director may, if medically indicated, order and provide for the return
of any such patient to such state-operated facility, subject to any limitations of the term
of commitment contained in the order of commitment under which such patient was
committed to such state-operated facility. The provisions of this section shall not apply
to any person who is under a term of imprisonment or who has not met the requirements
of the condition of release set to provide the reasonable assurance of such person's
appearance in court.
(1955, S. 1512d; 1957, P.A. 79; 1959, P.A. 189; P.A. 75-528, S. 2, 15; P.A. 76-190, S. 6, 12; P.A. 79-610, S. 28; P.A.
93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 48, 58; P.A. 00-196, S. 52.)
History: 1959 act deleted former Subsec. (b) which required notifying welfare commissioner of transfer or return; P.A.
75-528 included directors, replaced state hospitals for the mentally ill with state-operated facilities and deleted Subsec.
(b) re licensing of private boarding homes and authorization of chronic and convalescent hospitals; P.A. 76-190 excluded
from provisions person imprisoned or not meeting release conditions which provide reasonable assurance of their appearance in court; P.A. 79-610 made department of health services rather than department of mental health licensing authority
for private boarding homes for mental patients and replaced reference to Sec. 17-227 with references to Secs. 19-576 to 19-586; Sec. 17-191 transferred to Sec. 17a-509 in 1991; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of
public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of
Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health and substituted "person with
psychiatric disabilities" for "mentally ill person", effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 00-196 made a technical change.