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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319c - Council on Developmental Services. General Provisions › Section 17a-275. (Formerly Sec. 19a-449). - Proceedings re involuntary placement with the Department of Developmental Services. Payment of fees and expenses.

When any person is involuntarily placed with the Department of Developmental Services pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-274, all fees and expenses incurred upon such proceedings shall be paid by the state; and, if such person is not involuntarily placed with the department, such fees and expenses shall be paid by the petitioner.
(1957, P.A. 134, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 489, S. 3; P.A. 76-153, S. 4; P.A. 80-311, S. 4, 5; 80-476, S. 351, 352; 80-483, S. 180, 186; P.A. 92-118, S. 1; P.A. 11-16, S. 26.)
History: 1961 act substituted “mentally retarded” for “mentally deficient”; P.A. 76-153 excluded epileptic persons from purview of section; Sec. 17-173 transferred to Sec. 19-569e in 1977; P.A. 80-311 added exception; P.A. 80-476 repealed exception added by P.A. 80-311 and P.A. 80-483 confirmed its repeal; Sec. 19-569e transferred to Sec. 19a-449 in 1983; Sec. 19a-449 transferred to Sec. 17a-275 in 1991; P.A. 92-118 changed reference to “17a-273” to “17a-274” and changed “complainant” to “petitioner”; P.A. 11-16 substituted “involuntarily placed with the Department of Developmental Services pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-274” for “found to be mentally retarded upon proceedings had under sections 17a-210 to 17a-247, inclusive, and 17a-274” and substituted “not involuntarily placed with the department” for “found not to be mentally retarded”, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319c - Council on Developmental Services. General Provisions › Section 17a-278 to 17a-280. (Formerly Secs. 19a-452 to 19a-454). - Recall for examination. Return of placed-out or escaped persons. Recommitment and transfers of committed persons.

Sections 17a-278 to 17a-280, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 24, 2011.
(1949 Rev., S. 2847; 1955, S. 1589d, 1590d; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 42; 1961, P.A. 489, S. 5, 6, 8; 1967, P.A. 118, S. 4, 5, 249; P.A. 76-153, S. 7; P.A. 86-41, S. 6, 11; P.A. 91-278, S. 3; P.A. 08-7, S. 7; P.A. 11-16, S. 43.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319c - Council on Developmental Services. General Provisions › Section 17a-282. (Formerly Sec. 19a-456). - Involuntary admission to facility for persons with intellectual disability. Termination of admission.

No person admitted to a facility for persons with intellectual disability under the provisions of section 17a-281, shall be detained in such facility for more than seven days after such person or such person's legal representative has given notice in writing to the Commissioner of Developmental Services, of such person's intention or desire to leave such facility. If the commissioner is of the opinion that such person is in need of further treatment or observation, the commissioner may make and file, in the Probate Court for the district within which such person resides, an application for the involuntary placement of such person to such facility and the Probate Court shall proceed thereon in the same manner as is provided in section 17a-274.
(1961, P.A. 260, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 377, S. 2; P.A. 75-638, S. 10, 23; P.A. 76-153, S. 9; P.A. 87-152, S. 2, 4; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); P.A. 11-16, S. 30; P.A. 16-159, S. 1; P.A. 18-32, S. 29.)
History: 1963 act deleted obsolete references to Secs. 17-160 and 17-165, substituting Sec. 17-172d; P.A. 75-638 replaced deputy commissioner of mental retardation with commissioner of mental retardation, reflecting creation of independent mental retardation department; P.A. 76-153 replaced references to state schools, diagnostic centers or institutions with references to facilities for the mentally retarded; Sec. 17-175b transferred to Sec. 19-569m in 1977; Sec. 19-569m transferred to Sec. 19a-456 in 1983; P.A. 87-152 substituted “persons with mental retardation” for “the mentally retarded” and substituted “involuntary placement” for “commitment”; Sec. 19a-456 transferred to Sec. 17a-282 in 1991; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Commissioner of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; P.A. 11-16 substituted “persons with intellectual disability” for “persons with mental retardation” and made technical changes, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 16-159 replaced “adult incompetent” with “an adult for whom a guardian or an involuntary conservator has been appointed”; P.A. 18-32 replaced provision re notice to parent, guardian, conservator, or person having custody with provision re notice to legal representative, effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319c - Council on Developmental Services. General Provisions › Section 17a-283. (Formerly Sec. 19a-457). - Clinics.

Section 17a-283 is repealed, effective May 4, 2004.
(1961, P.A. 489, S. 7; P.A. 76-153, S. 10; P.A. 04-54, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319c - Council on Developmental Services. General Provisions › Section 17a-283a. - Moratorium on sale, lease or transfer of state property used for residential purposes by persons with mental retardation or psychiatric disabilities.

Section 17a-283a is repealed, effective May 24, 2011.
(P.A. 01-154, S. 1, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 52, 58; P.A. 05-70, S. 1; P.A. 07-238, S. 9; P.A. 11-16, S. 43.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319d - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-300 and 17a-301. (Formerly Secs. 17-136b and 17a-136d). - Department on Aging. Duties of the commissioner.

Sections 17a-300 and 17a-301 are repealed, effective July 1, 1993.
(1969, P.A. 814, S. 6; P.A. 75-474, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319d - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-301a. (Formerly Sec. 17a-317). - Department on Aging. Duties of commissioner and department. State Unit on Aging.

Section 17a-301a is repealed, effective October 31, 2017.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 53; P.A. 06-188, S. 54; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 25; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 19; P.A. 10-179, S. 24; P.A. 11-44, S. 145; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 19; P.A. 13-125, S. 4; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 149; P.A. 17-34, S. 2; 17-202, S. 54; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 732.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319d - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-301b. - Term “Commissioner of Social Services” to be substituted for “Commissioner on Aging”. “Department of Social Services” to be substituted for “Department on Aging”.

Section 17a-301b is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 282; P.A. 21-151, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319d - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-303. (Formerly Sec. 17-136f). - Recommendations re regulation of home health care.

Section 17a-303 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993.
(P.A. 77-601, S. 1, 11; 77-614, S. 323, 521, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-631, S. 100, 111; P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319d - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-306a. - Promotion of independent living program. Eligibility. Regulations.

Section 17a-306a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 52, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319d - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-308 and 17a-309. (Formerly Secs. 17-137 and 17-137a). - Duties of the department; personnel; single state agency for programs for elderly persons and the aged. Receipt of grants or gifts.

Sections 17a-308 and 17a-309 are repealed, effective July 1, 1993.
(1957, P.A. 634, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 364, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 280; 408; February, 1965, P.A. 472; 1969, P.A. 814, S. 10, 11; P.A. 74-297; P.A. 75-426, S. 1, 2; 75-474, S. 5, 10; P.A. 77-582, S. 8, 10; P.A. 80-12, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-89, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319d - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-311 and 17a-312. (Formerly Secs. 17-137d and 17-137e). - Applications for grants. Amount of grant.

Sections 17a-311 and 17a-312 are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 883, S. 2–4; 1969, P.A. 814, S. 14, 15; P.A. 73-144; P.A. 75-134; 75-474, S. 6, 8, 10; P.A. 77-541, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-327, S. 6; P.A. 90-89, S. 3; P.A. 92-230, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319d - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-315 and 17a-316. (Formerly Secs. 17-136 and 17-136a). - Advisory Council on Aging; appointment of members. Duties of council.

Sections 17a-315 and 17a-316 are repealed, effective July 1, 1993.
(1957, P.A. 634, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 364, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 814, S. 8, 9; 1971, P.A. 485, S. 1; P.A. 75-474, S. 1, 2, 10; P.A. 76-94, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-511, S. 1; P.A. 84-256, S. 10, 11, 17; P.A. 93-262, S. 86, 87.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319e - Connecticut Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract to the Elderly and the Disabled Program (See Chapter 319ff) › Section 17a-341. (Formerly Sec. 17-511). - Pharmaceutical Assistance Advisory Board.

Section 17a-341 is repealed.
(P.A. 85-573, S. 4, 18; P.A. 87-3, S. 2, 9; P.A. 91-190, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-450b. - Affirmative action plan.

Notwithstanding any provision of title 46 or regulations adopted under said title, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall develop a single, comprehensive affirmative action plan that covers each facility, division and the central office of said department.
(P.A. 07-148, S. 19.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-450c. - Employment applicants and volunteers required to submit to state criminal background check and check of state child abuse and neglect registries.

The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall require that each applicant for an employment or volunteer position in the department submit to a state criminal background check, a check of the Department of Children and Families child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k and a check of the Department of Developmental Services abuse or neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-247b. In addition, the commissioner may require that any applicant for an employment or volunteer position in the department, who has resided outside this state submit to a national criminal background check. No applicant shall be hired or placed in a volunteer position by the department until the results of such checks are available.
(P.A. 08-46, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-46 effective May 7, 2008.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-451a. - Closure of state-operated programs at Fairfield Hills Hospital and at Norwich Hospital and consolidation of programs at Connecticut Valley Hospital. Private provider services.

Section 17a-451a is repealed, effective October 1, 2007.
(P.A. 95-257, S. 1, 58; P.A. 07-148, S. 20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-451b. - Consolidation of inpatient mental health and substance abuse services at Connecticut Valley Hospital: Exemption from certain approval requirements.

Section 17a-451b is repealed, effective June 4, 2018.
(P.A. 95-257, S. 6, 58; P.A. 97-94, S. 1, 2; P.A. 98-150, S. 10, 17; P.A. 02-23, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 18-86, S. 54.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-451c. - Relocation of former Norwich Hospital tenants. Exemption from certain project approval requirements.

Section 17a-451c is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 96-158, S. 2, 3; P.A. 98-150, S. 11, 17; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-451d. - Nonlapsing fund for site acquisition, capital development and infrastructure costs to provide services to persons with intellectual disability or psychiatric disabilities.

There is established a nonlapsing fund that shall contain (1) any moneys received by the state from the sale, lease or transfer of all or any part of Norwich Hospital or any regional center that takes place after January 1, 2001, and (2) any other moneys required by law to be deposited in a separate account within the General Fund for purposes of this section, section 17a-212a or section 4 of public act 01-154*. The Treasurer shall credit the fund with its investment earnings. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fund for the fiscal year next succeeding. The principal and interest of the fund shall be used solely for the purpose of site acquisition, capital development and infrastructure costs necessary to provide services to persons with intellectual disability or psychiatric disabilities, provided amounts in the fund may be expended only pursuant to appropriation by the General Assembly.
(P.A. 01-154, S. 2, 5; P.A. 04-216, S. 69; P.A. 11-16, S. 31; P.A. 13-139, S. 20.)
*Note: Section 4 of public act 01-154 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 01-154 effective July 6, 2001; P.A. 04-216 deleted provision that earmarked money from the sale, lease or transfer of Fairfield Hills Hospital for the fund established under section, effective May 6, 2004; P.A. 11-16 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 17a-283a, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 13-139 substituted “intellectual disability” for “mental retardation”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-451e. - Sale, lease or transfer of Fairfield Hills Hospital. Use of moneys.

Any moneys received by the state from the sale, lease or transfer of all or any part of Fairfield Hills Hospital shall be allocated to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and shall be divided equally between the General Fund accounts for the Community Mental Health Strategy Board and grants for mental health services.
(P.A. 04-216, S. 70.)
History: P.A. 04-216 effective May 6, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-451f. - Nonlapsing mental health services grants accounts.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17a-451e, the funds required by said section to be allocated to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, for grants for mental health services, shall be deposited in a separate, nonlapsing mental health services grants account established within the General Fund. The account shall contain any other moneys required by law to be deposited in said account. The moneys in said account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services as follows: (1) The sum of four hundred twenty-five thousand dollars for an inpatient behavioral health program serving preschool children aged two to five years; (2) the sum of one hundred eighty-five thousand dollars for behavioral health preventive activities in the community; (3) the sum of five hundred thirty thousand dollars for a study of the behavioral health aftereffects of service in Operation Iraqi Freedom or in other combat theaters on Connecticut soldiers and their families; (4) the sum of eight hundred ten thousand dollars for transitional behavioral health benefits for soldiers and their families; and (5) any remainder as determined by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services in accordance with section 17a-451.
(P.A. 04-258, S. 36; P.A. 05-2, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-258 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-2 added Subdivs. (1) to (5), inclusive, specifying purposes for which moneys in account shall be expended and made technical changes, effective March 22, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-451g. - Mental health community investment account.

There is established an account to be known as the “mental health community investment account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in consultation with nonprofit mental health organizations, for the purposes of improving services and programs in the state, including, but not limited to, residential services, job training and placement services, educational programs and support groups, designed to support individuals diagnosed with mental health conditions.
(P.A. 17-147, S. 42.)
History: P.A. 17-147 effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-452. (Formerly Sec. 17-210b). - Deputy commissioners.

Section 17a-452 is repealed, effective October 1, 2015.
(1972, P.A. 145, S. 4; P.A. 95-257, S. 15, 58; P.A. 15-120, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-453. (Formerly Sec. 17-219). - Administration of Mental Health Act authorized by Congress. Funds.

The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is designated as the state agency to administer the Mental Health Act as authorized under Public Law 487 of the 79th Congress, as from time to time amended, and shall receive and distribute federal and state funds which become available for mental health services under said act.
(1949 Rev., S. 3828; 1955, S. 1540d; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 135, 181.)
History: Sec. 17-219 transferred to Sec. 17a-453 in 1991; 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; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-453a and 17a-453b. - Operation of behavioral health managed care program for recipients of medical services under the state-administered general assistance program. Waiver from federal law sought for services provided under section 17a-453a.

Sections 17a-453a and 17a-453b are repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 95-194, S. 18, 33; 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 97-143, S. 3, 4; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 10, 55, 88; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 47; P.A. 11-44, S. 178; 11-215, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-453c. - “Project Safe” interagency collaboration.

There shall be an interagency collaboration, to be known as “Project Safe”, between the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Children and Families, for the evaluation of and service delivery to families identified by the Department of Children and Families as requiring substance abuse and other behavioral health services. Such collaboration shall include, but not be limited to, evaluations, service needs, service delivery, housing, medical coverage, vocation and employment support and other related recovery support services. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Commissioner of Children and Families shall enter into a written memorandum of understanding to carry out the interagency collaboration required under this section. The Department of Social Services and the Labor Department may participate in such collaboration as necessary on a case-by-case basis.
(P.A. 00-216, S. 9, 28.)
History: P.A. 00-216 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-453d. - Transitional behavioral health services available to certain reservists and their dependents.

The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall provide behavioral health services, on a transitional basis, for the dependents and any member of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who has been called to active service in the armed forces of the state or the United States for Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. Such transitional services shall be provided when no United States Department of Defense coverage for such services is available or such member is not eligible for such services through the United States Department of Defense, until an approved application is received from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and coverage is available to such member and such member's dependents.
(P.A. 04-258, S. 34; P.A. 09-10, S. 1; P.A. 10-32, S. 59; P.A. 16-167, S. 21; P.A. 22-34, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 04-258 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 09-10 added Department of Veterans' Affairs, effective May 4, 2009; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 16-167 replaced “Department of Veterans' Affairs” with “Department of Veterans Affairs” and replaced “federal Department of Veterans' Affairs” with “United States Department of Veterans Affairs”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 22-34 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-453e. - Web site to provide mental health care information and assistance.

On or before July 1, 2006, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall initiate the development, implementation, promotion and maintenance of a single resource web site to provide timely access to mental health care information and assistance for children, adolescents and adults. The resource web site shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Directory information on available federal, state, regional and community assistance, programs, services and providers; (2) current mental health diagnoses and treatment options; (3) links to national and state advocacy organizations, including legal assistance; (4) summary information on federal and state mental health law, including private insurance coverage; and (5) an optional, secure personal folder for web site users to manage information concerning their individual mental health care and assistance.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 83.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-453f. - Pilot behavioral health support services program.

The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall implement an assertive community treatment program to provide behavioral health support services in three cities of the state that, on June 30, 2013, do not have a program that offers such services. Such program shall use a person-centered, recovery-based approach to provide to persons, including those released from commitment, who have been diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness: (1) Assertive outreach; (2) mental health services; (3) vocational assistance; (4) education concerning family issues; (5) information to develop wellness skills; and (6) peer support services. Such services shall be provided by mobile, multidisciplinary teams in community settings.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 67.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-453g. - Case management and case coordination services for persons with mental illness.

The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall provide case management and case coordination services to not more than one hundred persons with mental illness who are involved in the Probate Court system and who, on June 30, 2013, are not receiving such services.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 68.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-453h. - Mental health first aid training program.

(a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall administer a mental health first aid training program. Said program shall: (1) Help persons attending the training program recognize the signs of mental disorders in children and young adults; and (2) connect children and young adults who show signs of having a mental disorder with a professional who offers the appropriate services.
(b) Said commissioners may seek federal and state funding and may accept private donations for the administration of, and providing for persons to participate in, the mental health first aid training program.
(c) (1) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall provide mental health first aid training to any person appointed to serve as the district safe school climate coordinator, pursuant to section 10-222k. Each such district safe school climate coordinator shall successfully complete such mental health first aid training.
(2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall provide mental health and first aid training to any person appointed to serve as the district safe school climate coordinator for such school year and who did not serve as the district safe school climate coordinator for the prior school year or did not otherwise successfully complete such training. Each such district safe school climate coordinator shall successfully complete such mental health first aid training.
(3) No district safe school climate coordinator shall be required to successfully complete such mental health first aid training more than once.
(d) Each local and regional board of education may require teachers, school nurses, counselors and other school employees to participate in mental health first aid training.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 90.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective April 4, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-453i. - Mental health toolkit re COVID-19.

The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall develop a mental health toolkit to help employers in the state address employee mental health needs that arise as a result of COVID-19. Such toolkit shall (1) identify common mental health issues that employees experience as a result of COVID-19, (2) identify symptoms of such mental health issues, and (3) provide information and other resources regarding actions that employers may take to help employees address such mental health issues. Not later than October 1, 2021, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall post such mental health toolkit on its Internet web site. As used in this section, “COVID-19” means the respiratory disease designated by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any related mutation thereof recognized by said organization as a communicable respiratory disease.
(P.A. 21-35, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 21-35 effective June 14, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-454. (Formerly Sec. 17-220). - Acceptance of gift or devise by Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may accept and receive, on behalf of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, any bequest or gift of personal property and, subject to the consent of the Governor and Attorney General as provided in section 4b-22, any devise or gift of real property made to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and may hold and use such property for the purposes, if any, specified in connection with such bequest, devise or gift.
(1955, S. 1529d; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58.)
History: Sec. 17-220 transferred to Sec. 17a-454 in 1991; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-455. (Formerly Sec. 17-221). - Acceptance of gift or devise on behalf of state-operated facility within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may accept and receive, on behalf of any state-operated facility within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, any bequest or gift of personal property and, subject to the consent of the Governor and Attorney General as provided in section 4b-22, any devise or gift of real property made to such facility, and may hold and use such property for the purposes, if any, specified in connection with such bequest, devise or gift.
(1955, S. 1534d; 1957, P.A. 47; P.A. 75-603, S. 7, 15; P.A. 77-31; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58.)
History: P.A. 75-603 replaced listing of specific facilities for which provisions are applicable with reference to any institution in department of mental health; P.A. 77-31 revised section so that commissioner has power to accept gifts, etc. rather than individual boards of trustees and replaced “institution” with “state-operated facility”; Sec. 17-221 transferred to Sec. 17a-455 in 1991; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-455a. - Lease of private residence for a person receiving services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may, within available appropriations, enter into a lease or other rental agreement for an apartment, home or similar private residence on behalf of and for occupancy by a person receiving services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services if the commissioner determines that such person is unable to lease or rent such apartment, home or similar private residence on such person's own behalf. Any such lease or rental agreement shall not exceed the fair market price for the area in which such apartment, home or similar private residence is located.
(P.A. 01-64.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-457. (Formerly Sec. 17-208a). - Duties of board.

(a) The Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall meet monthly with the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to review with the commissioner and advise the commissioner on programs, policies and plans of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
(b) The board shall advise the Governor concerning candidates for the position of Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
(c) The board may issue periodic reports to the Governor and the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
(d) The board shall select a chairperson and other officers from its membership and may establish rules governing its internal procedures.
(e) Members of the board may examine the files and records of the central office of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services at any time and, upon reasonable notice, of state-operated facilities for the treatment of persons with psychiatric disabilities or substance use disorders.
(f) The board shall advise and assist the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services on program development and community mental health or substance abuse center construction planning.
(g) The board is designated and shall serve as the state advisory council to consult with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in administering the state's mental health and substance abuse programs.
(h) The board may, from time to time, appoint nonmembers to serve on such ad hoc advisory committees as it deems necessary to assist with its functions.
(1972, P.A. 145, S. 6; P.A. 81-473, S. 41, 43; P.A. 95-257, S. 55, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 136, 181; P.A. 07-148, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 81-473 added Subsecs. (f), (g) and (h) empowering board to advise and assist commissioner on program development and community mental health center construction planning, designating board as state advisory council to consult with department, and permitting board to appoint nonmembers on ad hoc advisory committees; Sec. 17-208a transferred to Sec. 17a-457 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Board, Commission and Department of Mental Health with Board, Commission and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, replaced “mentally disordered” with “persons with psychiatric disabilities or substance abuse disabilities” in Subsec. (e) and added “substance abuse” to Subsecs. (f) and (g), effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality in Subsecs. (a) and (d) and deleted “state” re Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in Subsec. (g), effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 07-148 amended Subsec. (e) by replacing “substance abuse disabilities” with “substance use disorders”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-458a. - Term “psychiatric disability” substituted for “mental illness”.

(a) Whenever the term “mental illness” is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “psychiatric disabilities” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 17a-474, 17a-478, 17a-479, 17a-495, to 17a-508, inclusive, 17a-510 to 17a-513, inclusive, 17a-515, 17a-521, 17a-523, 17a-524, 17a-526, 17a-528, 17a-540 to 17a-543, inclusive, 17a-546, 17a-582, 17a-584, 17a-586 to 17a-588, inclusive, 17a-592, 17a-593, 17a-594, 17a-596 and 17a-599.
(b) Whenever the term “mentally ill person” or “mentally ill persons” is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “person with psychiatric disabilities” or “persons with psychiatric disabilities”, as the context requires, shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 17a-497 to 17a-501, inclusive, 17a-504, 17a-509, 17a-514 and 17a-580.
(c) Whenever the term “state hospital for the mentally ill” is used in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “state hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 17a-499, 17a-510 and 17a-517.
(d) Whenever the term “mentally ill” is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “a person with psychiatric disabilities” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 17a-514, 17a-593, 17a-594 and 17a-596.
(e) Whenever the term “the mentally ill” is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “persons with psychiatric disabilities” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 17a-469, 17a-474, 17a-475, 17a-479, 17a-499, 17a-501, 17a-510, 17a-521, 17a-522 and 17a-523.
(f) Whenever the term “is mentally ill” is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “has psychiatric disabilities” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 17a-497, 17a-498, 17a-502, 17a-503, 17a-504, 17a-508, 17a-526, 17a-566, 17a-569 and 17a-580.
(g) Whenever the term “is not mentally ill” is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “does not have psychiatric disabilities” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 17a-504, 17a-510, 17a-514 and 17a-580.
(h) Whenever the term “be mentally ill” is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “have psychiatric disabilities” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 17a-519, 17a-525, 17a-528 and 17a-567.
(P.A. 95-257, S. 48, 58.)
History: P.A. 95-257, S. 48 effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-458b to 17a-458d. - “Acute Care Division” defined. Effect of consolidation of operations at Connecticut Valley Hospital and Cedarcrest Hospital. Term “substance use disorders” substituted for “substance abuse disabilities”.

Sections 17a-458b to 17a-458d, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2011.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 80, 81; P.A. 07-148, S. 18; P.A. 11-215, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-459. (Formerly Sec. 17-209a). - Connecticut Mental Health Center.

The Connecticut Mental Health Center shall be a facility of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and shall include the Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven and such satellite locations as the department may approve. The department shall operate the center in collaboration with Yale University under mutual agreement of the parties. The department may provide treatment at the center to adults, children or youths with psychiatric disabilities, substance use disorders or both such disabilities. Admissions shall be within the control of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and no court may commit or transfer any person to or place or confine any person in the center without the approval of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.
(1963, P.A. 579, S. 1; P.A. 83-79, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 16, 72; P.A. 06-196, S. 126; P.A. 07-148, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 83-79 precluded commitment or transfer of patients to the center without the approval of the commissioner or his designee; Sec. 17-209a transferred to Sec. 17a-459 in 1991; 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 added reference to the Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven and satellite locations the department approves of, added provision allowing department to provide treatment at the center to adults, children or youth with psychiatric disabilities, substance abuse or both and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-148 replaced “substance abuse disabilities” with “substance use disorders”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-460. (Formerly Sec. 17-209b). - Center advisory board.

The Connecticut Mental Health Center Advisory Board shall be composed of nine members. On or before July 1, 1973, and quadrennially thereafter, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, with the approval of the Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services, shall appoint five members of the advisory board for four-year terms and until their successors are appointed and have qualified to replace those whose terms expire. On or before July 1, 1975, and quadrennially thereafter, said commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services, shall appoint four members of said advisory board for four-year terms and until their successors are appointed and have qualified to replace those whose terms expire. No member shall serve on said advisory board for more than two full consecutive terms. Two members of said board shall be nominated by Yale University, two members by the Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc., and five members shall be appointed in the sole discretion of said commissioner. The advisory board shall cooperate with and advise and assist the director of the center in carrying out his duties. Upon his request, the advisory board shall advise the director in regard to policies and shall recommend on its own initiative policies and practices, which shall be considered at a duly called meeting of the advisory board.
(1963, P.A. 579, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 44, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 13, 58.)
History: 1969 act revised provisions to allow for staggered appointments, made all terms four years, limited terms which may be served to two full terms and added provisions re duties of board to cooperate with and advise the center director and to recommend policies and practices; Sec. 17-209b transferred to Sec. 17a-460 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner, Department and Board of Mental Health with Commissioner, Department and Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-460a. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Definitions.

As used in sections 17a-460a to 17a-460f, inclusive:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
(2) “Center” means the Connecticut Mental Health Center established pursuant to section 17a-459 and the Capital Region Mental Health Center.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 46; P.A. 98-250, S. 37, 39.)
History: P.A. 98-250 included Capitol Region Mental Health Center in definition of “center”, effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-460b. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Participation authorized.

(a) The center, when authorized by the commissioner, may participate in local, regional or state-wide provider networks, preferred provider organizations, physician-hospital organizations or other similar organizations.
(b) Participation by the center in provider networks, preferred provider organizations, physician-hospital organizations or other similar organizations, when authorized by the commissioner, may include (1) membership in a network organization; (2) participation in network or organization contracts, cooperative agreements, and joint ventures; (3) participation in the governance of networks and organizations; and (4) payment of reasonable network or organization dues, fees and assessments.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 47.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-460c. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Provider agreements.

(a) The center, when authorized by the commissioner, may enter into provider agreements and other contractual arrangements with Medicaid and Medicare managed care plans, governmental health plans, health maintenance organizations, health insurance plans, employer and union health plans, preferred provider organizations, physician-hospital organizations, managed care plans, networks and other similar arrangements or plans offered by insurers, third-party payers or other entities offering health care plans to their members or employees and their dependents.
(b) The agreements and other contractual arrangements identified in subsection (a) of this section may include plans and arrangements certified by the Department of Social Services, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to provide services to Medicaid, Medicare, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services beneficiaries, as well as private plans and arrangements satisfactory to the commissioner.
(c) Participation in the agreements and other contractual arrangements identified in this section and approved by the commissioner shall not be subject to the review and approval of other state agencies except as otherwise required by law.
(d) To the extent the commissioner permits, the center may bill and accept as reimbursement for services provided pursuant to the agreements and other contractual arrangements identified in this section negotiated rates, including rates based on charges, discounted charges, per diem or per case rates or other forms of reimbursement. Such reimbursement shall be subject to review or approval by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management based on demonstrated impact on federal reimbursement.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 48; P.A. 03-19, S. 36; P.A. 04-76, S. 6; P.A. 11-44, S. 122.)
History: P.A. 03-19 replaced “Health Care Financing Administration” with “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services” in Subsec. (b), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 04-76 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to “general assistance” with reference to “state-administered general assistance”; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “state-administered general assistance”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities › Section 17a-460d. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Other contracts.

(a) Whenever the commissioner deems it appropriate and grants approval, the center may enter into contracts, agreements, leases, or other arrangements for the following: (1) The acquisition of commodities, goods, services and equipment; (2) office, clinic, laboratory or other needed space whether on or off the center's main campus; and (3) necessary capital expenditures.
(b) Contracts, agreements, leases or other arrangements approved under this section by the commissioner shall not be subject to the review or approval of other state agencies or any other state-mandated purchasing or acquisition procedures, unless and to the extent the commissioner deems it necessary.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 49.)