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Section 17a-468b. - Residences for adults with acquired brain injuries. Administration of medication. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “residence for adult...
Section 17a-469. (Formerly Sec. 17-224). - Psychiatric clinics and day treatment programs. - Each state-operated facility for persons with psychiatric disabilities may establish...
Section 17a-470. (Formerly Sec. 17-213a). - Advisory boards for state hospitals and facilities. - Each state hospital, state-operated facility or the Whiting Forensic Hospital...
Section 17a-471. (Formerly Sec. 17-214a). - Duties of advisory boards. - Any advisory board established pursuant to section 17a-470 shall: Meet...
Section 17a-471a. - Connecticut Valley Hospital: Development of policies and standards for resident clients; advisory council. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in...
Section 17a-471b and 17a-471c. - Fairfield Hills Hospital oversight committee. Norwich Hospital oversight committee. - Sections 17a-471b and 17a-471c are repealed, effective October 1, 2007....
Section 17a-472. (Formerly Sec. 17-215a). - Appointment and removal of facility superintendents and directors. - Except as otherwise provided, the Commissioner of Mental Health and...
Section 17a-473. (Formerly Sec. 17-215b). - Duties of superintendents and directors. - (a) Each superintendent or director of a state-operated facility shall...
Section 17a-474. (Formerly Sec. 17-229a). - Commitment to state hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities or to child care facility. Procedures for revoking or modifying commitment. - Whenever any person has been committed by any court to...
Section 17a-475. (Formerly Sec. 17-215c). - Written policy re treatment plans. - Each state-operated facility for persons with psychiatric disabilities shall develop...
Section 17a-475a. - Medical services for women in state-operated facilities. - The Commissioners of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Developmental...
Section 17a-476. (Formerly Sec. 17-226b). - Grants to general hospitals, municipalities and nonprofit organizations for mental health services. - (a) Any general hospital, municipality or nonprofit organization in Connecticut...
Section 17a-476a. - Grantee organization director salaries. - In determining the amount of any grant to be paid...
Section 17a-478. (Formerly Sec. 17-226e). - Mental health regions established. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall designate...
Section 17a-479. (Formerly Sec. 17-226f). - Purposes of mental health regions. Receipt of services by persons residing outside region. - (a) The purposes of the mental health regions shall be...
Section 17a-480. (Formerly Sec. 17-226g). - Regional mental health directors. - The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in consultation...
Section 17a-481. (Formerly Sec. 17-226i). - Per capita formula for funds of mental health regions. - Section 17a-481 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (P.A. 74-224,...
Section 17a-482. (Formerly Sec. 17-226j). - Definitions. - As used in subsection (a) of section 17a-476, sections 17a-478...
Section 17a-483. (Formerly Sec. 17-226k). - Catchment area council; representatives; duties. - (a) Each catchment area council shall consist of one representative...
Section 17a-484. (Formerly Sec. 17-226l). - Regional mental health boards; duties; funds; staff; representation of alcohol and drug programs. - Section 17a-484 is repealed, effective May 24, 2022. (P.A. 75-563,...
Section 17a-484a. - Grants-in-aid for support services to eligible households. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible households” means...
Section 17a-484b. - Pilot peer engagement specialist program. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall,...
Section 17a-484c. - Discharge plan. Regulations. - Any licensed residential treatment facility that provides adult mental health...
Section 17a-484d. - Pilot program for alcohol-dependent persons discharged from certain hospitals. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall establish...
Section 17a-484e. - Community-based behavioral health services grant program. - (a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 17a-484f. - Regional behavioral health action organizations. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may...
Section 17a-484g. - Psychedelic-assisted therapy pilot program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “MDMA” means the...
Section 17a-485 to 17a-485b. - Community Mental Health Strategic Investment Fund. Community mental health strategic plan and financial assistance plan; information and expenditure recommendations to the Community Mental Health Strategy Board. Communi... - Sections 17a-485 to 17a-485b, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 17a-485c. - Permanent supportive housing initiatives. Requests for proposals. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in...
Section 17a-485d. - Availability of optional rehabilitation services or substance abuse services under Medicaid program. Amendments to Medicaid state plan. Report to General Assembly. Certification of providers by Commissioner of Mental Health and Ad... - (a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in...
Section 17a-485e. - State contractual authority re state assistance on bonds issued by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority for permanent supportive housing initiatives. - (a) For purposes of this section “state assistance” means a...
Section 17a-485f. - Supported or supervised housing for adults with severe and persistent psychiatric disabilities. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall, within...
Section 17a-485g. - Pilot program for certain health care professionals. Pilot state police peer-counseling program. Report. - (a) On or before October 1, 2007, the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-485h. - Certification of intermediate duration acute psychiatric care beds in general hospitals. Policies, procedures and regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 17a-485i. - Behavioral health recovery program for individuals with substance use disorders or psychiatric disabilities. Policies, procedures and regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall,...
Section 17a-485j. - Mobile crisis response services availability. - For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each...
Section 17a-486. (Formerly Sec. 17a-681a). - Clinical assessment of certain persons charged with misdemeanor or felony. - (a) Prior to the arraignment of a person charged with...
Section 17a-487. - Serious injury or unexpected death of persons served by Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Department of Children and Families. - (a) If a serious injury or unexpected death occurs involving...
Section 17a-488. - Report of suspected abuse. Training program. Penalty for failure to report. Immunity. - (a) As used in this section and section 17a-488a: (1)...
Section 17a-488a. - Investigation of report. Findings, recommendations and disclosure of results. Registry. Confidentiality. Right of access to records. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, upon...
Section 17a-495. (Formerly Sec. 17-176). - Definitions. - (a) For the purposes of sections 17a-75 to 17a-83, inclusive,...
Section 17a-496. (Formerly Sec. 17-229). - Penalty. - Any keeper of a hospital for psychiatric disabilities who wilfully...
Section 17a-497. (Formerly Sec. 17-177). - Commitment jurisdiction. Application. Appointment of three-judge court. - (a) The jurisdiction of the commitment of a person with...
Section 17a-498. (Formerly Sec. 17-178). - Hearing on commitment application. Notice. Rights of respondent. Examination by physicians. Order of commitment. Election of voluntary status prior to adjudication. Review of confinement. - (a) Upon an application being filed in the Probate Court...
Section 17a-499. (Formerly Sec. 17-179). - Court records. Commitment; uniform forms; service of process. - All proceedings of the Probate Court, upon application made under...
Section 17a-500. (Formerly Sec. 17-180). - Maintenance and confidentiality of records of cases of persons with psychiatric disabilities. Exchange of information concerning commitment or admission status of firearm permit or certificate applicants and... - (a) Each court of probate shall keep a record of...
Section 17a-501. (Formerly Sec. 17-182). - Hospitals to which person with psychiatric disabilities committed. - Any person with psychiatric disabilities, the expense of whose support...
Section 17a-502. (Formerly Sec. 17-183). - Commitment under emergency certificate. Examination of patient. Explanation of rights. Hearing. Private hospitals' notification to commissioner. Immediate discharge of patient. Notification of next of kin. P... - (a) Any person who a physician concludes has psychiatric disabilities...
Section 17a-503. (Formerly Sec. 17-183a). - Detention by police officer prior to commitment. Issuance of emergency certificates by psychologist, certain clinical social workers, advanced practice registered nurses, professional counselors and marital... - (a) Any police officer who has reasonable cause to believe...
Section 17a-504. (Formerly Sec. 17-184). - Penalty for wrongful acts re the commitment or psychiatric disabilities of another person. - Any person who wilfully and maliciously causes, or attempts to...
Section 17a-505. (Formerly Sec. 17-186). - Escort of female patients to hospital. - When any female with psychiatric disabilities is escorted to a...
Section 17a-506. (Formerly Sec. 17-187). - Voluntary admissions. Notification of next of kin. Restriction on right to leave. Commitment proceedings. Continuation of confinement. Probable cause hearing. - (a) Any hospital for psychiatric disabilities may receive for observation...
Section 17a-506a. - Voluntary admissions. Notification of commissioner. Maintenance of identifying information. - Whenever a person is voluntarily admitted to a hospital for...
Section 17a-507. (Formerly Sec. 17-187a). - Admission to general hospital having psychiatric facilities. - (a) Any general hospital having psychiatric facilities for care of...
Section 17a-508. (Formerly Sec. 17-188). - Commitment after expiration of specified period. - If any person who has been confined in any state...
Section 17a-509. (Formerly Sec. 17-191). - Placement of persons with psychiatric disabilities in residential care homes or chronic and convalescent hospitals. - The superintendent or director of any state-operated facility, as defined...
Section 17a-510. (Formerly Sec. 17-192). - Release or transfer; procedure. - (a) Any person who is a patient in a hospital...
Section 17a-511. (Formerly Sec. 17-193). - Transfer of patients by agreement. - (a) Any person who has been committed by any court...
Section 17a-512. (Formerly Sec. 17-194b). - Definitions. - As used in sections 17a-499, 17a-509, 17a-512 to 17a-517, inclusive,...
Section 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...
Section 17a-514. (Formerly Sec. 17-194d). - Emergency confinement in hospital for psychiatric disabilities of inmates of correctional institutions. - Any person who is in the custody of the Commissioner...
Section 17a-515. (Formerly Sec. 17-194e). - Commitment proceedings for inmates of correctional institutions to hospitals for psychiatric disabilities. - The provisions of section 17a-498 shall apply to any person...
Section 17a-516. (Formerly Sec. 17-194f). - Discharge from hospital of inmates of correctional institutions. - The provisions of section 17a-510 shall apply to any person...
Section 17a-517. (Formerly Sec. 17-194g). - Hospitalization of individual with psychiatric disability in Whiting Forensic Hospital. Exception. Limitation of placement of inmate requiring maximum security conditions. - Any person in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction...
Section 17a-518. (Formerly Sec. 17-195). - Transportation expense from community correctional centers to hospital and vice versa. - There shall be allowed and paid by the state for...
Section 17a-519. (Formerly Sec. 17-196). - Fees, compensation and costs. - Each officer or indifferent person making legal service of any...
Section 17a-520. (Formerly Sec. 17-197). - Commitment at expiration of term of imprisonment. - When any person has been transferred from any correctional institution...
Section 17a-521. (Formerly Sec. 17-198). - Temporary leaves from institution. Return or recall of patient. Exception. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, the superintendent of...
Section 17a-522. (Formerly Sec. 17-199). - Recommitment of escaped persons. - The name of any person who has escaped from any...
Section 17a-523. (Formerly Sec. 17-200). - Commission to inquire whether person is wrongly confined. - Any judge of the Superior Court, on information to him...
Section 17a-524. (Formerly Sec. 17-201). - Writ of habeas corpus. - Each person confined in a hospital for psychiatric disabilities in...
Section 17a-525. (Formerly Sec. 17-202). - Appeal. - Any person aggrieved by an order, denial or decree of...
Section 17a-526. (Formerly Sec. 17-203). - Commitment suspended on bond for confinement. - The Court of Probate, before or pending or in the...
Section 17a-527. (Formerly Sec. 17-204). - Court may direct as to care of mentally ill pending appeal. - Pending an appeal to the Superior Court, said court or,...
Section 17a-528. (Formerly Sec. 17-205a). - Payment of commitment and transportation expenses. - (a) When any person is found to have psychiatric disabilities,...
Section 17a-540. (Formerly Sec. 17-206a). - Definitions. - As used in sections 17a-540 to 17a-550, inclusive, unless otherwise...
Section 17a-541. (Formerly Sec. 17-206b). - Deprivation of rights of patient prohibited. Exception. - No patient hospitalized or treated in any public or private...
Section 17a-542. (Formerly Sec. 17-206c). - Humane and dignified treatment required. Formulation of discharge plan. - Every patient treated in any facility for treatment of persons...
Section 17a-543. (Formerly Sec. 17-206d). - Procedures governing medication, treatment, psychosurgery and shock therapy. - (a) No patient shall receive medication for the treatment of...
Section 17a-543a. - Administration of medication to criminal defendant placed in custody of Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Special limited conservator. - (a)(1)(A) If it is determined by the head of the...
Section 17a-544. (Formerly Sec. 17-206e). - Placement of patient in seclusion or mechanical restraint. Medication not to be used as substitute for habilitation. - (a) No patient may be placed involuntarily in seclusion or...
Section 17a-545. (Formerly Sec. 17-206f). - Physical and psychiatric examinations. - Every patient hospitalized under any of sections 17a-540 to 17a-550,...
Section 17a-546. (Formerly Sec. 17-206g). - Communication by mail and telephone. - (a) Every patient shall be permitted to communicate by sealed...
Section 17a-547. (Formerly Sec. 17-206h). - Visitors. Restrictions on mail, telephone and visitor privileges, when allowed. - (a) Every patient shall be permitted to receive visitors at...
Section 17a-548. (Formerly Sec. 17-206i). - Patient's rights re clothing, possessions, money and access to records. List of rights to be posted. - (a) Any patient shall be permitted to wear his or...
Section 17a-549. (Formerly Sec. 17-206j). - Denial of employment, housing, licenses, because of history of mental disorder restricted. - (a) No person shall be denied employment, housing, civil service...
Section 17a-550. (Formerly Sec. 17-206k). - Remedies of aggrieved persons. - Any person aggrieved by a violation of sections 17a-540 to...
Section 17a-560. (Formerly Sec. 17-238). - Definitions. - As used in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, unless specifically...
Section 17a-560a. - Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital substituted for Whiting Forensic Institute. - Section 17a-560a is repealed, effective June 4, 2018. (P.A. 95-257,...
Section 17a-561. (Formerly Sec. 17-239). - Persons to be treated at Whiting Forensic Hospital. - The Whiting Forensic Hospital shall exist for the care and...
Section 17a-562. (Formerly Sec. 17-240). - Whiting Forensic Hospital under control and supervision of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. - The Whiting Forensic Hospital shall be within the general administrative...
Section 17a-563. (Formerly Sec. 17-242). - Appointment of staff. - The director shall appoint, subject to chapter 67 and with...
Section 17a-564. (Formerly Sec. 17-242a). - Director to make report to board. - The director of the Whiting Forensic Hospital shall quarterly make...
Section 17a-565. (Formerly Sec. 17-243). - Advisory board. - There shall be an advisory board for Whiting Forensic Hospital,...
Section 17a-566. (Formerly Sec. 17-244). - Certain convicted persons to be examined. Report and recommendation. - (a) Except as provided in section 17a-574 any court prior...
Section 17a-567. (Formerly Sec. 17-245). - Disposition of defendant after report. - (a) If the report recommends that the defendant be sentenced...
Section 17a-568. (Formerly Sec. 17-247). - Other statutes not affected. - Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall affect proceedings...
Section 17a-569. (Formerly Sec. 17-250). - Periodic examinations of patients. - Not less than once every six months the staff of...
Section 17a-570. (Formerly Sec. 17-251). - Review and disposition of case after periodic examination. Report of determination to court. Hearing. - (a) As soon as is practicable, the director of the...
Section 17a-571. (Formerly Sec. 17-252). - Notice of director's action. - Copies of the patient's examination report submitted to the director...
Section 17a-572. (Formerly Sec. 17-253). - Records to be confidential. - All certificates, applications, records and reports made for the purpose...
Section 17a-573. (Formerly Sec. 17-254). - When director may institute commitment proceedings. - Within two months prior to the expiration of the maximum...
Section 17a-574. (Formerly Sec. 17-255). - Cases affecting juveniles unaffected. - Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall be construed...
Section 17a-575. (Formerly Sec. 17-256). - Habeas corpus unaffected. - Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall be construed...
Section 17a-576. (Formerly Sec. 17-257). - Effective date. - Section 17a-576 is repealed, effective June 4, 2018. (1957, P.A....
Section 17a-580. (Formerly Sec. 17-257a). - Definitions. - As used in sections 17a-581 to 17a-603, inclusive, and this...
Section 17a-581. (Formerly Sec. 17-257b). - Psychiatric Security Review Board. Membership. Meetings. Regulations. - (a) There is hereby established a Psychiatric Security Review Board...
Section 17a-582. (Formerly Sec. 17-257c). - Confinement of acquittee for examination. Court order of commitment to board or discharge. - (a) When any person charged with an offense is found...
Section 17a-583. (Formerly Sec. 17-257d). - Initial hearing by board after commitment. - (a) The board shall conduct a hearing to review the...
Section 17a-584. (Formerly Sec. 17-257e). - Finding and action by board. Recommendation of discharge. Order of conditional release or confinement. - At any hearing before the board considering the discharge, conditional...
Section 17a-585. (Formerly Sec. 17-257f). - Periodic review by board. - The board shall conduct a hearing and review the status...
Section 17a-586. (Formerly Sec. 17-257g). - Periodic report re mental condition of acquittee. - The superintendent of any hospital for psychiatric disabilities in which...
Section 17a-587. (Formerly Sec. 17-257h). - Temporary leave. Notification to victim. Application for order of temporary leave. Supervision of acquittee on temporary leave. - (a) If at any time after the confinement of an...
Section 17a-588. (Formerly Sec. 17-257i). - Conditional release. - (a) If at any time after the confinement of an...
Section 17a-589. (Formerly Sec. 17-257j). - Supervision of acquittee on conditional release. - The board may designate any capable person or appropriate public...
Section 17a-590. (Formerly Sec. 17-257k). - Examination and treatment of acquittee on conditional release. Status reports to board re treatment. - As one of the conditions of release, the board may...
Section 17a-591. (Formerly Sec. 17-257l). - Modification of conditional release. - (a) Any conditionally released acquittee or any person or agency...
Section 17a-592. (Formerly Sec. 17-257m). - Board recommendation to discharge acquittee from custody. - (a) The superintendent of any hospital for psychiatric disabilities in...
Section 17a-593. (Formerly Sec. 17-257n). - Court order to discharge acquittee from custody. - (a) The board, pursuant to section 17a-584 or 17a-592, may...
Section 17a-594. (Formerly Sec. 17-257o). - Summary modification or termination of conditional release upon violation of terms or change in mental health. - (a) If at any time while an acquittee is under...
Section 17a-595. (Formerly Sec. 17-257p). - Testimony of witnesses before board. Subpoena. - (a) Upon request of any party to a hearing before...
Section 17a-596. (Formerly Sec. 17-257q). - Board hearing procedures. - (a) Prior to any hearing by the board concerning the...
Section 17a-596a. - Image or recording of acquittee under jurisdiction of the board. Reviewable by counsel in matter before board or Superior Court. Property of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. - (a) Any image or recording of an acquittee, who is...
Section 17a-597. (Formerly Sec. 17-257r). - Appeal of board orders and decisions. - (a) Any order of the board entered pursuant to subdivision...
Section 17a-598. (Formerly Sec. 17-257s). - Court hearing procedures. - (a) At any hearing before the court under section 17a-582...
Section 17a-599. (Formerly Sec. 17-257t). - Confinement under conditions of maximum security. Transfer for medical treatment. Risk management review committee. Requests to transfer from maximum security division to lower security division. - (a) At any time the court or the board determines...
Section 17a-600. (Formerly Sec. 17-257u). - Appointment of overseer and conservator for acquittee. Payment of expenses. - (a) The court may appoint a person to act as...
Section 17a-601. (Formerly Sec. 17-257v). - Notice to victims of court and board hearings. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” means a...
Section 17a-602. (Formerly Sec. 17-257w). - Applicability of sections 17a-580 to 17a-601, inclusive. - (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, sections 17a-580 to 17a-601,...
Section 17a-603. - Court enforcement of statutes and orders. - The Superior Court, on application of the Psychiatric Security Review...
Section 17a-615. (Formerly Sec. 17-258). - Interstate Compact on Mental Health. - The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into...
Section 17a-616. (Formerly Sec. 17-259). - Compact administrators. - Pursuant to said compact, the Governor is authorized to designate...
Section 17a-617. (Formerly Sec. 17-260). - Supplementary agreements. - The compact administrators are authorized to enter into supplementary agreements...
Section 17a-618. (Formerly Sec. 17-261). - Payment of obligations. - The compact administrators, subject to the approval of the Secretary...
Chapter 319j - Addiction Services
Section 17a-633 to 17a-639. (Formerly Secs. 17-155ee to 17-155ii, 17-155 - Application of sections 17a-621 to 17a-643, inclusive. State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission. Commission designated single state agency for alcohol and drug abuse; duties. P... - Sections 17a-633 to 17a-639, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...
Section 17a-641. (Formerly Sec. 17-155oo). - Coordination of transfer activities. - Section 17a-641 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 86-371,...
Section 17a-643. (Formerly Sec. 17-155qq). - Drug and Alcohol Abuse Criminal Justice Commission established. - Section 17a-643 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 88-175;...
Section 17a-660. - Awareness programs for health care providers re substance abuse during pregnancy. - Section 17a-660 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 90-183,...
Section 17a-663. - Regional planning boards. - Section 17a-663 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 90-227,...
Section 17a-667. - Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy Council. - (a) There is established a Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy...
Section 17a-667a. - Fact sheet re opioids and opioid use disorder. Marketing campaign and public service announcements. Information portal re detoxification and rehabilitation beds and slots for outpatient treatment. Report. Working groups re disposa... - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Health care provider”...
Section 17a-670. (Formerly Sec. 19a-2d). - Regional planning for substance abuse prevention and treatment. - (a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 17a-671. (Formerly Sec. 19a-2e). - Subregional planning and action councils. - Section 17a-671 is repealed, effective May 24, 2022. (P.A. 90-227,...
Section 17a-672. (Formerly Sec. 19a-2f). - Scope of powers and duties. - Nothing contained in sections 17a-670 to 17a-672, inclusive, shall be...
Section 17a-673. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4e). - Treatment programs. Annual report of facilities. - (a) The department shall establish comprehensive and coordinated programs for...
Section 17a-673a. - Opioid use disorder treatment program requirements. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Treatment program” means...
Section 17a-673b. - Peer navigator pilot program serving persons with opioid use disorder. Requirements. Report. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the...
Section 17a-674. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4a). - Substance Use Disorder Revolving Loan Fund. - (a) There is established a Substance Use Disorder Revolving Loan...
Section 17a-674a. - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline Fund. Report. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 17a-674b. - Opioid Settlement Fund. Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-674c to 17a-674f,...
Section 17a-674c. - Opioid Settlement Fund. Establishment. Report. Spending of funds. - (a) There is established an Opioid Settlement Fund which shall...
Section 17a-674d. - Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee. Membership. Duties. - (a) There is established an Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee to...
Section 17a-674e. - Disbursement of moneys from Opioid Settlement Fund. - The department shall disburse moneys from the fund in a...
Section 17a-674f. - Opioid Settlement Committee. Report. - (a) Not later than January 15, 2023, and annually thereafter,...
Section 17a-674g. - Opioid Settlement Fund. Funding of trust for direct support and services for survivors and victims of opioid epidemic and certain family members of such survivors and victims. - Nothing in sections 17a-674b to 17a-674f, inclusive, shall preclude the...
Section 17a-675. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4b). - Allocation of federal funds by department. Grants and contracts. Report. - (a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 17a-676. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4c). - Applications for funds to the department by nonprofit organizations or municipal departments or units. - Any nonprofit organization in Connecticut or any municipal department or...
Section 17a-677. (Formerly Sec. 19a-5a). - Operation or funding of alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility. - Section 17a-677 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (P.A. 86-371,...
Section 17a-678. (Formerly Sec. 19a-5b). - Programs and facilities exempt from certificate of need requirement. - Section 17a-678 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (P.A. 89-390,...
Section 17a-679. (Formerly Sec. 19a-2g). - Expenses for necessary transportation of alcohol-dependent persons for admission to a treatment facility. - (a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services may,...
Section 17a-680. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126). - Definitions. - For purposes of sections 17a-673 and 17a-680 to 17a-690, inclusive:...
Section 17a-681. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126a). - Regulations re treatment programs and facilities. Standards. Cooperation with Commissioner of Correction. Transfer of persons accused or convicted of nonviolent crimes. - (a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 17a-682. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126b). - Voluntary admissions to treatment facilities operated by the department. Assistance on leaving. - (a) An alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent person may apply...
Section 17a-683. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126c). - Police assistance for intoxicated persons. Protective custody of person incapacitated by alcohol. Medical examination. Detention and release. Notification to family. Assistance for nonadmitted person. - (a) Any police officer finding a person who appears to...
Section 17a-684. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126d). - Emergency treatment, grounds, application, procedure, detention and release. Rights after commitment. - (a) A person who is intoxicated at the time of...
Section 17a-685. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126e). - Application for involuntary commitment. Notice of hearing. Order of commitment. Recommitment. Discharge. Application for termination of commitment or recommitment and discharge. - (a) Who may make application. Any person, including the spouse,...
Section 17a-686. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126f). - Procedural rules and rights during determinations of commitment, recommitment and termination of commitment and recommitment and discharge. - The person shall be informed of his right to be...
Section 17a-686a. - Application for writ of habeas corpus for confined individual. - An individual confined in a hospital or inpatient treatment facility...
Section 17a-687. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126g). - Visitation and communication with patients. - (a) Subject to reasonable rules regarding hours of visitation which...
Section 17a-688. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126h). - Record keeping and confidentiality. Permitted disclosure. Treatment or rehabilitation of minor. - (a) All records maintained by the court of cases coming...
Section 17a-689. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126i). - Liability of medical or police officer. False commitment and fraud, penalties. - (a) No medical officer or staff member of a treatment...
Section 17a-690. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126j). - Local ordinance against intoxication not to include criminal or civil penalty. Exceptions. - (a) No town, city or borough or other political subdivision...
Section 17a-691. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127). - Definitions. - As used in sections 17a-691 to 17a-701, inclusive: (a) “Alcohol-dependent...
Section 17a-692. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127a). - Responsibilities and authority of Court Support Services Division re persons ordered treated for alcohol or drug dependency. - (a) The Court Support Services Division shall supervise (1) any...
Section 17a-693. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127b). - Order for examination for alcohol or drug dependency. - The court, on its own motion or on motion of...
Section 17a-694. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127c). - Examination for alcohol or drug dependency. Report. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services or...
Section 17a-695. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127d). - Motion for suspension of prosecution and treatment for alcohol and drug dependency. - After receipt by the court of the examination report, the...
Section 17a-696. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127e). - Order for suspension of prosecution and treatment for alcohol or drug dependency. - (a) The provisions of this section shall not apply to...
Section 17a-697. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127f). - Completion of treatment program. Dismissal of charges. - (a) The director of the treatment program shall discharge from...
Section 17a-698. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127g). - Modification or termination of suspension of prosecution prior to completion of treatment program. - (a) The court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether...
Section 17a-699. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127h). - Order of treatment for alcohol or drug dependency of convicted person. - (a) The provisions of this section shall not apply to...
Section 17a-700. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127i). - Completion of treatment program by convicted person. - (a) The director of the treatment program shall submit a...
Section 17a-701. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127j). - Modification of sentence or terms of probation prior to completion of treatment program by convicted person. - (a) The court shall conduct a hearing to determine if...
Section 17a-710. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4f). - Treatment programs for pregnant women with substance use disorders and their children. - (a) It shall be the policy of the Department of...
Section 17a-711. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4g). - Task force on substance-abusing women and their children. - Section 17a-711 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 90-183,...
Section 17a-712. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4d). - Programs for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. - The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall establish...
Section 17a-713. (Formerly Sec. 19a-4h). - Chronic gamblers treatment and rehabilitation program. Account. - (a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 17a-714. - Pilot research program for prescription of methadone or other therapies. - Section 17a-714 is repealed, effective May 9, 2005. (P.A. 97-248,...
Section 17a-714a. - Immunity and no violation of standard of care for prescribing, dispensing or administering opioid antagonist. Amendment of local emergency medical services plan. - (a) For purposes of this section, “opioid antagonist” means naloxone...
Section 17a-715. - Pilot research drug education program for parents or guardians of children in neglect cases. - Section 17a-715 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 97-248,...
Section 17a-716. - Sober living homes. Report of certified status. List of homes. Distribution of disclosure form. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Sober living home”...
Section 17a-717. - State-wide advertising campaign re availability of all mental health, behavioral health and substance use disorder services in the state. - On or before January 1, 2023, the Department of Mental...
Chapter 319k - Regional Human Services Needs and Delivery
Section 17a-750. - Delivery of human services in the northeastern region: Definitions. - As used in sections 17a-750 to 17a-753, inclusive: (1) “Northeastern...
Section 17a-751. - Pilot program to address human services needs in the northeastern region. Regional human services negotiating council. - (a) There is established for the northeastern region a pilot...
Section 17a-752. - Organization of council. Negotiated investment strategy. - (a) The Institute of Public Service at The University of...
Section 17a-753. - Five-year strategic plan. - (a) On or before October 1, 1998, the regional negotiating...
Section 17a-754. - Consideration of plan in state and local budgeting. - Section 17a-754 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 97-249,...
Section 17a-760. - Regional human services coordinating councils. - (a) On or after January 1, 2015, there shall be...