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CT Gen Stat § 17a-547. (Formerly Sec. 17-206h) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|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 regular visiting hours, except as herein provided. The head of the hospital shall: (1) Establish visiting hours, and inform all patients and their families and other visitors of these hours; and (2) designate the areas of the hospital where a patient may receive visitors, and inform all patients and their families and other visitors of these areas.(b) If, because of extenuating circumstances, a patient's family cannot visit during the regular visiting hours, the head of the hospital shall designate one two-hour period per week, at a mutually convenient time, during which the patient's family may visit the patient.(c) A patient's clergyman, lawyer or physician may visit the patient at any reasonable time.(d) If the head of the hospital determines that it is medically harmful for the patient to receive visitors, he shall so inform the patient's family and other visitors. When the patient has recovered sufficiently to receive visitors, the head of the hospital shall immediately notify the patient's family and other visitors who have requested notification. A copy of the notification of any restriction of visitors, and the reasons therefor, shall be signed by the head of the hospital and placed in the patient's permanent clinical record.(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any patient in a program or facility for the treatment of drug-dependent persons.(f) No restriction of any patient's rights to send and receive mail, make and receive telephone calls, or receive visitors shall be made in any manner, or for any reasons, other than prescribed in section 17a-546 and this section.(1971, P.A. 834, S. 8; P.A. 78-219, S. 3; P.A. 82-329, S. 2, 3.)History: P.A. 78-219 added Subsec. (f) re patient's communication rights; P.A. 82-329 amended Subsec. (a) to require the head of a facility for the mentally disordered to designate those areas of the hospital where a patient may receive visitors; Sec. 17-206h transferred to Sec. 17a-547 in 1991.Annotations to former section 17-206h:Cited. 213 C. 548.Cited. 17 CA 130.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-549. (Formerly Sec. 17-206j) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|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 rank, any license or permit, including a professional license, or any other civil or legal right, solely because of a present or past history of mental disorder, except as so provided by the general statutes.(b) The burden shall be on the person or agency denying any such right to prove that the person so denied is not suitable solely because of his present or past history of mental disorder.(1971, P.A. 834, S. 10.)History: Sec. 17-206j transferred to Sec. 17a-549 in 1991.Annotation to former section 17-206j:Cited. 17 CA 130.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-550. (Formerly Sec. 17-206k) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-550. (Formerly Sec. 17-206k) - Remedies of aggrieved persons.

 Any person aggrieved by a violation of sections 17a-540 to 17a-549, inclusive, may petition the superior court within whose jurisdiction the person is or resides for appropriate relief, including temporary and permanent injunctions, or may bring a civil action for damages.(1971, P.A. 834, S. 11; P.A. 76-436, S. 365, 681.)History: P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 17-206k transferred to Sec. 17a-550 in 1991.Annotations to former section 17-206k:Cited. 210 C. 806. Abrogates state's sovereign immunity. 213 C. 548.Authorizes “direct civil actions” against the state or its commissioners by patients of state mental health facilities aggrieved by violation of Secs. 17-206b and 17-206c. 17 CA 130.A child 17 years of age may demand, on his own authority, release from a psychiatric institution to which he was voluntarily admitted at 15 years of age upon written request of his parents. 30 CS 886.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-560. (Formerly Sec. 17-238) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-560. (Formerly Sec. 17-238) - Definitions.

 As used in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, unless specifically provided otherwise, “hospital” means the Whiting Forensic Hospital, including the diagnostic unit established under the provisions of section 17a-562, or any other facility of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services which the commissioner may designate as appropriate. The words “hospital” or “diagnostic unit”, as used in sections 17a-566, 17a-567, 17a-570 and 17a-575 when applied to children or youths under the age of eighteen, mean any facility of the Department of Children and Families designated by the Commissioner of Children and Families. “Board” means the advisory and review board appointed under the provisions of section 17a-565. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services or in the case of children, the Commissioner of Children and Families.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 1; P.A. 73-245, S. 2; P.A. 75-603, S. 13, 15; P.A. 80-470, S. 1, 11; P.A. 81-472, S. 38, 159; P.A. 91-121; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 20, 58; P.A. 06-196, S. 128; P.A. 18-86, S. 33.)History: P.A. 73-245 defined “institute” rather than “center” reflecting change of security treatment center to Whiting Forensic Institute; P.A. 75-603 revised provisions to reflect transfer of programs, services, institutions etc. for children to control of department of children and youth services; P.A. 80-470 removed reference to repealed Sec. 17-246, referred to facilities rather than institutions and changed age limit with reference to children “or youth” from 15 to 18; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; Sec. 17-238 transferred to Sec. 17a-560 in 1991; P.A. 91-121 removed restriction on placing women in Whiting Forensic Institute; 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 “Whiting Forensic Institute” with “Whiting Forensic Division”, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 18-86 replaced references to division and institute with references to hospital and replaced reference to Sec. 17a-576 with reference to Sec. 17a-575, effective June 4, 2018.Annotation to former section 17-238:Cited. 41 CS 229.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-560a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|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, S. 20, 58; P.A. 18-86, S. 54.)
CT Gen Stat § 17a-561. (Formerly Sec. 17-239) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|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 treatment of (1) patients with psychiatric disabilities, confined in facilities under the control of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, including persons who require care and treatment under maximum security conditions, (2) persons convicted of any offense enumerated in section 17a-566 who, after examination by the staff of the diagnostic unit of the hospital as herein provided, are determined to have psychiatric disabilities and be dangerous to themselves or others and to require custody, care and treatment at the hospital, (3) inmates in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction who are transferred in accordance with sections 17a-512 to 17a-517, inclusive, and who require custody, care and treatment at the hospital, and (4) persons committed to the hospital pursuant to section 17a-582 or 54-56d.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 426, S. 1; P.A. 73-245, S. 3; P.A. 80-470, S. 2, 11; P.A. 95-257, S. 18, 20, 58; P.A. 18-86, S. 34.)History: 1959 act changed wording of Subdiv. (2) and deleted stipulation that persons convicted, etc., be mentally ill, mentally deficient or emotionally unbalanced; P.A. 73-245 replaced “security treatment center” with “Whiting Forensic Institute”; P.A. 80-470 reworded provisions; Sec. 17-239 transferred to Sec. 17a-561 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Whiting Forensic Institute with Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hospital, replaced references to mentally ill persons with references to persons with psychiatric disabilities and replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 18-86 replaced “Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hospital” with “Whiting Forensic Hospital”, added Subdiv. (4) re persons committed to hospital pursuant to Sec. 17a-582 or 54-56d, and made technical and conforming changes, effective June 4, 2018.Annotations to former section 17-239:Cited. 20 CA 737.Cited. 41 CS 229.Annotation to present section:Cited. 224 C. 168.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-562. (Formerly Sec. 17-240) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|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 control and supervision of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The director, with the approval of the commissioner and the board, shall establish such divisions, which may be located geographically separate from the hospital, as may be deemed proper for the administrative control and the efficient operation thereof, one of which divisions shall be the diagnostic unit.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 208; P.A. 73-245, S. 4; P.A. 95-257, S. 19, 58; P.A. 18-86, S. 35.)History: 1959 act deleted stipulation that divisions and subdivisions be within the center and added that they may be geographically separate; P.A. 73-245 replaced “center” with “institute” reflecting change of security treatment center to Whiting Forensic Institute; Sec. 17-240 transferred to Sec. 17a-562 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Whiting Forensic Institute with Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hospital, replaced “divisions” with “subdivisions” and replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 18-86 replaced “Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hospital” with “Whiting Forensic Hospital”, replaced “subdivisions” with “divisions”, and made a conforming change, effective June 4, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-563. (Formerly Sec. 17-242) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-563. (Formerly Sec. 17-242) - Appointment of staff.

 The director shall appoint, subject to chapter 67 and with the approval of the advisory and review board, adequate staff including psychiatrists, certified psychologists, social workers, a dentist and such other professional and clerical assistance as is necessary.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 5.)History: Sec. 17-242 transferred to Sec. 17a-563 in 1991.See Sec. 18-101f re nondisclosure of certain employee files to person confined at Whiting Forensic Division facility.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-564. (Formerly Sec. 17-242a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-564. (Formerly Sec. 17-242a) - Director to make report to board.

 The director of the Whiting Forensic Hospital shall quarterly make a report to the Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services on the affairs of the hospital, including reports of reexaminations and recommendations.(1959, P.A. 607, S. 2; P.A. 73-245, S. 5; P.A. 95-257, S. 13, 20, 29, 58; P.A. 10-32, S. 60; P.A. 18-86, S. 36.)History: P.A. 73-245 replaced “security treatment center” with “Whiting Forensic Institute”; Sec. 17-242a transferred to Sec. 17a-564 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Whiting Forensic Institute with Whiting Forensic Division and Board of Mental Health with Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 18-86 replaced references to division with references to hospital, effective June 4, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-568. (Formerly Sec. 17-247) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-568. (Formerly Sec. 17-247) - Other statutes not affected.

 Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall affect proceedings under sections 17a-580 to 17a-602, inclusive, 17b-250 and 54-56d.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 10; 1967, P.A. 183, S. 2; P.A. 80-470, S. 5, 11; P.A. 85-506, S. 28, 32; P.A. 12-158, S. 1; P.A. 18-86, S. 40.)History: 1967 act deleted reference to Sec. 17-181 which was repealed by same act; P.A. 80-470 deleted reference to repealed Secs. 54-37 and 54-38; P.A. 85-506 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 53a-47 and added reference to Secs. 17-257a to 17-257w, inclusive; Sec. 17-247 transferred to Sec. 17a-568 in 1991; P.A. 12-158 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-249, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 18-86 replaced reference to Sec. 17a-576 with reference to Sec. 17a-575, effective June 4, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-569. (Formerly Sec. 17-250) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-569. (Formerly Sec. 17-250) - Periodic examinations of patients.

 Not less than once every six months the staff of the hospital shall give a complete psychiatric examination to every patient confined in the hospital. As used in this section and sections 17a-570 to 17a-573, inclusive, the word “patient” means any person confined for custody, care and treatment under section 17a-567. Such examination shall ascertain whether the patient has psychiatric disabilities and is in need of custody, care and treatment at the hospital and, in making such determination, the staff shall assemble such information and follow such procedures as are used in initial examinations by the diagnostic unit to indicate the need for custody, care and treatment. The record of the examination shall include the information required in subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (d) of section 17a-566 and a recommendation for the future treatment of the patient examined. The record of the examination may include a recommendation for transfer of the patient or change in confinement status.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 13; 1959, P.A. 332, S. 2; P.A. 73-245, S. 11; P.A. 80-470, S. 6, 11; P.A. 95-257, S. 20, 48, 58; P.A. 18-86, S. 41.)History: 1959 act specified that center rather than diagnostic unit give reexamination, deleted requirement that report of reexamination and recommendation be submitted to the board, and stated that examination record may include recommendation of transfer or change in confinement status of patient; P.A. 73-245 replaced “center”, i.e. security treatment center, with “institute”, i.e. Whiting Forensic Institute; P.A. 80-470 referred to examinations rather than reexaminations, required examination at least every six months rather than one year and made minor language changes; Sec. 17-250 transferred to Sec. 17a-569 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 substituted “has psychiatric disabilities” for “is mentally ill” and “division” for “institute”, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 18-86 replaced “institute” and “division” with “hospital”, effective June 4, 2018.Annotations to former section 17-250:Cited. 205 C. 27.Cited. 12 CA 32.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-571. (Formerly Sec. 17-252) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-571. (Formerly Sec. 17-252) - Notice of director's action.

 Copies of the patient's examination report submitted to the director and copies of the director's determination shall be sent to the court which sentenced him if the patient was sentenced under section 17a-567.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 15; P.A. 80-470, S. 8, 11; P.A. 81-472, S. 40, 159.)History: P.A. 80-470 substituted “examination” for “reexamination” and required that copies of report and determination be sent only to sentencing court, deleting requirement that copies be sent to next-of-kin and warden or superintendent of institution from which patient was transferred; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; Sec. 17-252 transferred to Sec. 17a-571 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-572. (Formerly Sec. 17-253) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-572. (Formerly Sec. 17-253) - Records to be confidential.

 All certificates, applications, records and reports made for the purpose of sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, and directly or indirectly identifying a person subject to it shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person except so far (1) as the individual identified or his legal guardian, if any, or, if he is a minor, his parent or legal guardian, consents or (2) as disclosure may be necessary to carry out any of the provisions of said sections or (3) as a court may direct upon its determination that disclosure is necessary for the conduct of proceedings before it and that failure to make such disclosure would be contrary to the public interest.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 16; P.A. 80-470, S. 9, 11; P.A. 18-86, S. 43.)History: P.A. 80-470 deleted statement that provisions do not preclude disclosure of medical information to family members or relatives; Sec. 17-253 transferred to Sec. 17a-572 in 1991; P.A. 18-86 replaced reference to Sec. 17a-576 with reference to Sec. 17a-575, effective June 4, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-573. (Formerly Sec. 17-254) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-573. (Formerly Sec. 17-254) - When director may institute commitment proceedings.

 Within two months prior to the expiration of the maximum term of confinement authorized for any patient under section 17a-567, the director of the hospital may, upon the recommendation of the board, initiate proceedings under section 17a-497 or 17a-520 for the commitment or further commitment, as the case may be, of the patient.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 17; 1961, P.A. 249; P.A. 73-245, S. 13; P.A. 82-472, S. 153, 183; P.A. 95-257, S. 20, 58; P.A. 18-86, S. 44.)History: 1961 act changed time limit from within six months prior to expiration of term to within two months prior and substituted director of center for welfare commissioner; P.A. 73-245 replaced “center”, i.e. security treatment center, with “institute”, i.e. Whiting Forensic Institute; P.A. 82-472 removed the reference to patients' confinement under the terms of Sec. 17-246; Sec. 17-254 transferred to Sec. 17a-573 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 substituted “division” for “institute”, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 18-86 replaced “division” with “hospital”, effective June 4, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-574. (Formerly Sec. 17-255) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-574. (Formerly Sec. 17-255) - Cases affecting juveniles unaffected.

 Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall be construed to extend to or affect any case in the Superior Court involving a juvenile matter, or to any person arrested for an offense which is not punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or both or except as provided in section 46b-127.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 18; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 18; P.A. 74-183, S. 214, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 183, 681; P.A. 95-225, S. 40; P.A. 18-86, S. 45.)History: 1961 act substituted circuit court for obsolete municipal and trial justice courts; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas; P.A. 76-436 replaced juvenile court with superior court and specified cases involving juvenile matters, deleted reference to court of common pleas and extended exclusion to persons arrested for offenses where maximum penalty is $1,000 fine and/or one year's imprisonment and to provisions of Secs. 46b-126 and 46b-127, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 17-255 transferred to Sec. 17a-574 in 1991; P.A. 95-225 deleted from the exception the reference to Sec. 46b-126; P.A. 18-86 replaced reference to Sec. 17a-576 with reference to Sec. 17a-575, effective June 4, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-575. (Formerly Sec. 17-256) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-575. (Formerly Sec. 17-256) - Habeas corpus unaffected.

 Nothing in sections 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall be construed to limit or suspend the writ of habeas corpus.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 19; P.A. 18-86, S. 46.)History: Sec. 17-256 transferred to Sec. 17a-575 in 1991; P.A. 18-86 replaced reference to Sec. 17a-576 with reference to Sec. 17a-575, effective June 4, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 17a-576. (Formerly Sec. 17-257) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-576. (Formerly Sec. 17-257) - Effective date.

 Section 17a-576 is repealed, effective June 4, 2018.(1957, P.A. 650, S. 23; P.A. 73-245, S. 14; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 20, 58; P.A. 18-86, S. 54.)
CT Gen Stat § 17a-583. (Formerly Sec. 17-257d) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources|Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities|Section 17a-583. (Formerly Sec. 17-257d) - Initial hearing by board after commitment.

 (a) The board shall conduct a hearing to review the status of the acquittee within ninety days of an order committing the acquittee to the jurisdiction of the board, provided, if the court has recommended consideration of conditional release, the board shall, absent good cause shown, conduct a hearing to review the status of the acquittee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.(b) At any hearing held pursuant to this section, the board shall make a finding and act pursuant to section 17a-584.(P.A. 85-506, S. 4, 32.)History: Sec. 17-257d transferred to Sec. 17a-583 in 1991.Annotation to former section 17-257d:Cited. 211 C. 591.