Sec. 17a-513. (Formerly Sec. 17-194c). Voluntary admission of inmates of correctional institutions in hospital for psychiatric disabilities.
Sec. 17a-513. (Formerly Sec. 17-194c). Voluntary admission of inmates of correctional institutions in hospital for psychiatric disabilities. The provisions of subsection (a) of section 17a-506 shall apply to any person who is in the custody of the
Commissioner of Correction provided that no such person shall be received in a hospital
for observation and treatment unless a physician designated by the Commissioner of
Correction notifies in writing both the Commissioner of Correction and the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services that such person is in need of observation
and treatment in a hospital for psychiatric disabilities. No such person shall be confined
in any such hospital for more than ten days after he has given written notice of his desire
to leave, without commitment, pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-498, by the
court of probate for the district wherein such person is hospitalized. In the absence of
such commitment, such person, if in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction,
shall be returned to any institution administered by the Department of Correction as the
Commissioner of Correction shall designate, unless his custody in the Commissioner
of Correction has terminated, in which case he shall be discharged.
(P.A. 76-190, S. 2, 12; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 48, 58.)
History: Sec. 17-194c transferred to Sec. 17a-513 in 1991; 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.
Annotations to former section 17-194c:
Cited. 198 C. 397. Cited. 205 C. 27. Cited. 224 C. 168.
Cited. 21 CA 172.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 224 C. 168.