2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 46a-11e. (Formerly Sec. 19a-458d). Appointment of guardian. Plan of protective services furnished to director. Commencement of services pending full report in certain cases.

      Sec. 46a-11e. (Formerly Sec. 19a-458d). Appointment of guardian. Plan of protective services furnished to director. Commencement of services pending full report in certain cases. (a) If a person with mental retardation does not consent to the receipt of protective services, or if such person withdraws his consent, such services shall not be provided or continued, except that if the commissioner has reason to believe that such person with mental retardation lacks capacity to consent to or refuse such services, he may petition the Probate Court for the appointment of a guardian. If any guardian, appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section, does not consent to the provision of such services, the commissioner may petition the Probate Court for the removal and replacement of said guardian.

      (b) The commissioner, within fifteen calendar days of the referral of any case for the provision of protective services, shall furnish the director with a written plan of services. The director may comment on the proposed plan and recommend modifications. The commissioner shall cooperate with the director in resolving disagreements concerning the plan. Any comments made by the director shall be placed on file with the commissioner and the director.

      (c) If the director commences an investigation and finds that the person with mental retardation is seriously in need of immediate protective services, he shall report the facts of the case to the commissioner and the commissioner shall not delay the commencement of protective services pending the full evaluation report. If the commissioner's proposed action involves the removal from his home of a person with mental retardation under guardianship or of a person with mental retardation who is competent and does not voluntarily consent to his removal, the commissioner shall follow the procedures mandated in section 17a-274.

      (P.A. 84-514, S. 5, 11; P.A. 86-285, S. 6; P.A. 95-63, S. 5; P.A. 04-12, S. 4.)

      History: P.A. 84-514 effective February 1, 1985; P.A. 86-285 added Subsec. (c) concerning the duties of the director and commissioner when the director finds that the mentally retarded person is in need of immediate protective services; Sec. 19a-458d transferred to Sec. 46a-11e in 1991; P.A. 95-63 substituted "person with mental retardation" for "mentally retarded person"; P.A. 04-12 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting references to Secs. 19a-448(k) and 46a-11a(b) and adding reference to Sec. 17a-274 re procedures governing involuntary placement of a person with mental retardation.