Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 581 - General Operations and Procedures › Section 17a-581-14 - Time of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
The types of hearings and time frame for such hearings are as
				follows:
(1) Initial commitment
			 hearing pursuant to Section
			 17a-583
			 of the General Statutes. An initial commitment hearing will be held within 90
			 days of the order committing the acquittee to the Board's jurisdiction by the
			 Court or, absent good cause shown, at the next regularly scheduled meeting if
			 the Court recommends conditional release.
(2) Two-year hearing pursuant to Section
			 17a-585
			 of the General Statutes. A hearing in which the status of the acquittee is
			 reviewed will be held not less than once every two years.
(3) Temporary leave hearing pursuant to
			 Section
			 17a-587
			 of the General Statutes. A hearing may be held by the Board concerning a
			 superintendent's or Commissioner of Mental Retardation's application for an
			 order authorizing temporary leave and shall be held if requested by the State's
			 Attorney within 10 days of his receipt of the application as sent by the
			 PSRB.
(4) Conditional release or
			 request for recommendation of discharge hearing pursuant to Section
			 17a-588(a)
			 and Section
			 17a-592(a)
			 of the General Statutes. An application for conditional release or
			 recommendation of discharge pursuant to Sections
			 17a-588(a)
			 and
			 17a-592(a)
			 may be made by a party designated in those sections at any time. A hearing
			 shall be held within 60 days but not less than 30 days from the receipt by the
			 Board of such an application or recommendation.
(5) Conditional release hearing pursuant to
			 Section
			 17a-588(b)
			 of the General Statutes. An acquittee, or another person acting on behalf of
			 the acquittee, may apply for an order of conditional release once in every six
			 month period beginning with the date of the initial commitment hearing before
			 the Board. A hearing on a first application of this type need not be held any
			 sooner than 90 days after the initial commitment hearing. Hearings on
			 subsequent requests will be held within 60 days of the filing of the
			 application.
(6) Modification of
			 conditional release order hearing pursuant to Section
			 17a-591
			 of the General Statutes. A hearing on an application of a conditionally
			 released acquittee or a person or agency responsible for the supervision or
			 treatment of a conditionally released acquittee for modification of the
			 conditional release order shall be held within 60 days of the Board's receipt
			 of the application. Unless the conditional release order has been summarily
			 modified pursuant to subsection (a) of Section
			 17a-594
			 of the General Statutes, an application by an acquittee for modification of a
			 conditional release order shall not be filed more often than once every six
			 months from the date of the filing of the next preceding application for
			 modification.
(7) Modification or
			 revocation of conditional release hearing pursuant to Section
			 17a-594
			 of the General Statutes. When the Board or its Chair, acting pursuant to
			 Section
			 17a-594
			 of the General Statutes, has modified or terminated a conditional release and
			 ordered the return of the acquittee to the hospital or to the Commissioner of
			 Mental Retardation, a hearing to determine the mental condition of the
			 acquittee will be held within 30 days after the PSRB receives notice of the
			 return of the acquittee to the hospital or to the Commissioner of Mental
			 Retardation.
(8) Application for
			 discharge hearing pursuant to Section
			 17a-593
			 of the General Statutes. Upon receipt of notice from the Court of an
			 acquittee's application for discharge, the Board shall file a report on the
			 application within 90 days to the Court. The Board may hold a hearing prior to
			 filing its report.
(9) Continued
			 confinement hearing pursuant to Section
			 17a-593
			 of the General Statutes. Upon receipt of notice from the Court of a petition of
			 the State's Attorney for continued confinement, the Board shall file a report
			 on the petition within 90 days to the Court on the petition. The Board may hold
			 a hearing prior to filing its report.
(10) Consideration of recommendation of
			 discharge hearing pursuant to Section
			 17a-592(b)
			 of the General Statutes. Upon deciding to consider whether to recommend the
			 discharge of an acquittee pursuant to Section
			 17a-592(b)
			 of the General Statutes, the Board may order a hearing held and shall order a
			 hearing held if the State's Attorney files a request for hearing with the Board
			 within 10 days of his receipt of notification of the Board's decision to
			 consider whether to make such a recommendation. Any such hearing shall be held
			 within 60 days of the Board's decision to consider whether to recommend the
			 discharge of an acquittee.