Sec. 46a-11e. (Formerly Sec. 19a-458d). Appointment of guardian. Plan of protective services furnished to director. Commencement of services pending full report in certain cases.
Sec. 46a-11e. (Formerly Sec. 19a-458d). Appointment of guardian. Plan of
protective services furnished to director. Commencement of services pending full
report in certain cases. (a) If a person with mental retardation does not consent to the
receipt of protective services, or if such person withdraws his consent, such services
shall not be provided or continued, except that if the commissioner has reason to believe
that such person with mental retardation lacks capacity to consent to or refuse such
services, he may petition the Probate Court for the appointment of a guardian. If any
guardian, appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section, does not consent to the
provision of such services, the commissioner may petition the Probate Court for the
removal and replacement of said guardian.
(b) The commissioner, within fifteen calendar days of the referral of any case for
the provision of protective services, shall furnish the director with a written plan of
services. The director may comment on the proposed plan and recommend modifications. The commissioner shall cooperate with the director in resolving disagreements
concerning the plan. Any comments made by the director shall be placed on file with
the commissioner and the director.
(c) If the director commences an investigation and finds that the person with mental
retardation is seriously in need of immediate protective services, he shall report the facts
of the case to the commissioner and the commissioner shall not delay the commencement
of protective services pending the full evaluation report. If the commissioner's proposed
action involves the removal from his home of a person with mental retardation under
guardianship or of a person with mental retardation who is competent and does not
voluntarily consent to his removal, the commissioner shall follow the procedures mandated in section 17a-274.
(P.A. 84-514, S. 5, 11; P.A. 86-285, S. 6; P.A. 95-63, S. 5; P.A. 04-12, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 84-514 effective February 1, 1985; P.A. 86-285 added Subsec. (c) concerning the duties of the director
and commissioner when the director finds that the mentally retarded person is in need of immediate protective services;
Sec. 19a-458d transferred to Sec. 46a-11e in 1991; P.A. 95-63 substituted "person with mental retardation" for "mentally
retarded person"; P.A. 04-12 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting references to Secs. 19a-448(k) and 46a-11a(b) and adding
reference to Sec. 17a-274 re procedures governing involuntary placement of a person with mental retardation.