2011 Connecticut Code
Title 17a Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319i Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities
Sec. 17a-458. (Formerly Sec. 17-207a). Definitions.

      Sec. 17a-458. (Formerly Sec. 17-207a). Definitions. When used in this section and sections 17a-450, 17a-451, 17a-455, 17a-457, 17a-465, 17a-470, 17a-472, 17a-473 and 17a-475 unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context otherwise requires:

      (a) "Persons with psychiatric disabilities" means those persons who are suffering from one or more mental disorders as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders";

      (b) "Persons with substance use disorders" means alcohol dependent persons, as that term is defined in subdivision (1) of section 17a-680, or drug dependent persons, as that term is defined in subdivision (7) of section 17a-680;

      (c) "State-operated facilities" means those hospitals or other facilities providing treatment for persons with psychiatric disabilities or for persons with substance use disorders, or both, which are operated in whole or in part by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Such facilities include, but are not limited to, the Capitol Region Mental Health Center, the Connecticut Valley Hospital, including the Acute Care Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital, the Connecticut Mental Health Center, the Franklin S. DuBois Center, the Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center and River Valley Services.

      (1972, P.A. 145, S. 1; P.A. 75-603, S. 1, 15; P.A. 76-339, S. 1, 5; P.A. 77-220, S. 1, 5; P.A. 78-70, S. 2; P.A. 82-154, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-371, S. 17, 45; P.A. 87-225, S. 1; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-427, S. 2, 6; P.A. 95-257, S. 16, 58; P.A. 05-280, S. 79; P.A. 07-148, S. 11, 12; P.A. 08-184, S. 22.)

      History: P.A. 75-603 redefined "state-operated facilities" to specifically exclude treatment facilities for children transferred to children and youth services department, to delete High Meadows and to replace the Security Treatment Center with Whiting Forensic Institute; P.A. 76-339 included Ribicoff Research Center as state-operated facility; P.A. 77-220 added reference to Secs. 17-221 and 17-222, deleted Undercliff Mental Health Center as state-operated facility and added Cedarcrest Regional Hospital; P.A. 78-70 added reference to Sec. 17-215c; P.A. 82-154 deleted the Ribicoff Research Center from the list of state operated facilities in Subsec. (b); P.A. 86-371 amended definition of "state-operated facilities" to delete reference to Blue Hills Hospital, to revise name of Bridgeport Mental Health Center and to specifically exclude facilities transferred to alcohol and drug abuse commission; P.A. 87-225 changed the name of the DuBois Day Treatment Center to the Franklin S. DuBois Center; Sec. 17-207a transferred to Sec. 17a-458 in 1991; 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. 93-381 replaced Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-427 redefined "state-operated facilities" to add the Capitol Region Mental Health Center, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced references to mental disorder with psychiatric disability, added Subsec. (b) re substance abuse disability and relettered the remaining Subsec. accordingly, deleted Whiting Forensic Institute in Subsec. (c) and added Blue Hills Hospital and Berkshire Woods, Eugene Boneski and Dutcher treatment centers, deleted reference to portions of facilities transferred to the former Department of Public Health and Addiction Services and replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (c) to redefine "state-operated facilities" to include the Acute Care Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital, to remove Cedarcrest Regional Hospital, Blue Hills Hospital, Berkshire Woods Treatment Center and Eugene Boneski Treatment Center from list of state-operated facilities and to remove provision re portions of facilities transferred to the Department of Children and Families, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-148 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing "substance abuse disabilities" with "substance use disorders" and further amended Subsec. (c) by redefining "state-operated facilities", to delete obsolete references to Norwich and Fairfield Hills Hospitals and Dutcher Treatment Center and to add River Valley Services; P.A. 08-184 made technical changes in Subsec. (c).

      Annotation to former section 17-207a:

      Subsec. (a):

      Cited. 41 CS 229.