Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17 - Public Assistance and Welfare Services › 205a - Transportation of Mentally Ill or Alcohol-Dependent Persons › Section 17-205a-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in §§ 17-205a-1 to
				17-205a-3, inclusive:
(a) "Ambulance" means a motor vehicle
			 specifically designed to carry patients which is in compliance with regulations
			 adopted by the Department of Health Services, Office of Emergency Medical
			 Services;
(b) "Department" means
			 the Department of Mental Health, 90 Washington Street, Hartford, Connecticut
			 06115;
(c) "Expenses" means the
			 allowable and reasonable costs incurred in the transportation of patients under
			 these regulations as determined by appropriate state and/or federal
			 agencies;
(d) "Emergency
			 certificate" means a certificate signed by a physician under § 17-183 of
			 the general statutes or a certificate signed by an eligible person under §
			 17-155x of the general statutes;
(e) "Invalid coach" means a vehicle used
			 exclusively for the transportation of non-ambulatory patients to or from a
			 medical facility or the patient's home in non-emergency situations or utilized
			 in emergency situations as a backup vehicle when insufficient emergency
			 vehicles exist;
(f) "Licensed
			 public treatment facility" means a treatment agency operating under the
			 direction and control of the department, or providing treatment under chapter
			 304c through a contract with the department under subsection (f) of section
			 17-155q, and meeting the standards prescribed in and licensed under the
			 provisions of section 17-227;
(g)
			 "Necessary" means the authorities at the sending facility have determined that
			 such transportation is needed or, in the case of voluntary patients, the
			 patient has requested such transportation (verification of necessity by the
			 receiving facility may be required by the department);
(h) "Provide" means any person, corporation
			 or organization which provides transportation to persons requiring it under
			 section 17-205a and includes any person, corporation or organization which
			 provides payment to the transporter in expectation or reimbursement from the
			 patient;
(i) "State-operated
			 facility" means those hospitals or other facilities providing treatment for
			 mentally disordered adults which are operated in whole or in part by the
			 Department of Mental Health. Such facilities include, but are not limited to,
			 Connecticut Valley Hospital, Norwich Hospital, Fairfield Hills Hospital, the
			 Connecticut Mental Health Center, the Whiting Forensic Institute, Blue Hills
			 Hospital, Ribicoff Research Center, the DuBois Day Treatment Center, Cedarcrest
			 Regional Hospital, and the Bridgeport Mental Health Center, but shall not
			 include those portions of such facilities transferred to the Department of
			 Children and Youth Services for the purpose of consolidation of children's
			 services.
(j) "Transportation"
			 means transporting a person in an ambulance, an invalid coach or other suitable
			 mode of transportation;
(k)
			 "Voluntary patient" means any person who is a patient at a state-operated
			 facility at his own request; any person who wishes emergency treatment for
			 conditions defined in § 17-183 of a state-operated facility; or any person
			 subject to a commitment order under this chapter who has left the
			 state-operated facility without permission and wishes to return.