Sec. 17a-673. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4e). Treatment programs. Annual report of facilities.
Sec. 17a-673. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4e). Treatment programs. Annual report of
facilities. (a) The department shall establish comprehensive and coordinated programs
for the treatment of alcohol-dependent persons, drug-dependent persons and intoxicated
persons.
(b) The programs of the department shall be consistent with its state plan and shall
include, but not be limited to: (1) Emergency treatment; (2) inpatient treatment; (3)
intermediate treatment; and (4) outpatient and follow-up treatment, including appropriate rehabilitation services.
(c) The department shall provide for adequate and appropriate treatment for alcohol-dependent persons, drug-dependent persons and intoxicated persons admitted under
sections 17a-465a and 17a-680 to 17a-690, inclusive. Treatment may not be provided
at a correctional institution except for inmates.
(d) The administrator of each treatment facility operated by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall make an annual report of its activities to the
department in the form and manner the department specifies.
(e) All appropriate public and private resources shall be coordinated with and utilized in the program if possible.
(P.A. 74-280, S. 7, 25; P.A. 75-528, S. 5, 15; P.A. 77-544, S. 8, 16; P.A. 86-371, S. 2, 45; P.A. 90-209, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 16, 39; 93-435, S. 58, 95; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 99-234, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 75-528 substituted "licensed" facilities for "approved" facilities in Subsec. (f); P.A. 77-544 included drug-dependent persons and programs and plans relative to drug abuse; P.A. 86-371 substituted references to the commission for
references to the commissioner and department of mental health and made technical changes; P.A. 90-209 in Subsec. (a)
substituted "alcohol-dependent persons" for "alcoholics", in Subsec. (b) deleted the provision that emergency treatment
be that provided by a medical facility, in Subsec. (c) substituted "alcohol-dependent persons" for "alcoholics", substituted
"sections 17a-621 to 17a-643, inclusive," for "sections 17-155s to 17-155y, inclusive," and "sections 19a-370 to 19a-393,
inclusive," as the provisions under which certain persons are admitted, in Subsec. (d) substituted "treatment facility" for
"facility" and deleted Subsec. (f) re contracting for use of facilities; Sec. 17-155q transferred to Sec. 17a-622 in 1991;
P.A. 93-381 substituted "department" for "commission" and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435
amended Subsec. (d) by adding the words "of mental health" after the first reference to "department" and made technical
changes, effective June 28, 1993; Sec. 17a-622 transferred to Sec. 19a-4e in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner
and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective
July 1, 1995; Sec. 19a-4e transferred to Sec. 17a-673 in 1997; P.A. 99-234 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting obsolete
reference to Sec. 17a-677.
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drug users.