Sec. 17a-511. (Formerly Sec. 17-193). Transfer of patients by agreement.
Sec. 17a-511. (Formerly Sec. 17-193). Transfer of patients by agreement. (a)
Any person who has been committed by any court to a hospital for psychiatric disabilities
may be transferred to any other hospital for psychiatric disabilities upon agreement of
the superintendents of the respective institutions from and to which it is desired to make
such transfer, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or, in the case of a person under eighteen years of age, the approval of the
Commissioner of Children and Families. Such agreement shall be in writing, executed in
triplicate and in accordance with a form prescribed by the Attorney General, which form
shall be uniform throughout the state. One copy of such agreement shall be filed for
record in the court by which such person was committed and one copy retained in the
files of each of the institutions participating in such transfer. Any such agreement shall
have the same effect as an order of the court committing the person named therein. The
conservator, overseer or any member of the family of any person so transferred, or his
or her next friend, may make application to the court which made the order of commitment, for a revocation or modification of such agreement, and thereupon such court
shall order such notice of the time and place of hearing thereon as it finds reasonable
and upon such hearing may revoke, modify or affirm such transfer.
(b) Any person who has been voluntarily admitted to a hospital for psychiatric disabilities pursuant to section 17a-506 may, with the informed consent of such person, be
transferred to any other hospital for psychiatric disabilities. If that person is subject to
the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the
transfer shall require the agreement of the superintendents of the respective institutions
from and to which it is desired to make the transfer and the approval of the Commissioner
of Mental Health and Addiction Services. If that person is under eighteen years of age
and subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Children and Families, the transfer
shall require the agreement of the superintendents of the respective institutions from
and to which it is desired to make the transfer and the approval of the Commissioner of
Children and Families. An agreement to transfer under this subsection shall be in writing,
executed in triplicate and in accordance with a form prescribed by the Attorney General,
which form shall be uniform throughout the state. One copy of the agreement shall be
retained in the files of each of the institutions participating in the transfer and one copy
shall be provided to the person who has been voluntarily admitted or to that person's
authorized representative. A transfer under this subsection shall not affect the person's
rights under the voluntary admission.
(1949 Rev., S. 2667; 1957, P.A. 40; P.A. 75-603, S. 11, 15; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 48, 58; P.A. 99-84,
S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-603 required approval of commissioner of children and youth services for transfers of patients under
eighteen; Sec. 17-193 transferred to Sec. 17a-511 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children
and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced
Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction
Services and substituted "psychiatric disabilities" for "mental illness", effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-84 divided section
into subsections and added Subsec. (b) re transfer of person voluntarily admitted to hospital for psychiatric disabilities.