2011 Connecticut Code
Title 17a Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319i Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities
Sec. 17a-499. (Formerly Sec. 17-179). Court records. Commitment; uniform forms; service of process.

      Sec. 17a-499. (Formerly Sec. 17-179). Court records. Commitment; uniform forms; service of process. All proceedings of the Court of Probate, upon application made under the provisions of sections 17a-75 to 17a-83, inclusive, 17a-450 to 17a-484, inclusive, 17a-495 to 17a-528, inclusive, 17a-540 to 17a-550, inclusive, 17a-560 to 17a-576, inclusive, and 17a-615 to 17a-618, inclusive, shall be in writing and filed in such court, and, whenever a court passes an order for the admission of any person to any state hospital for psychiatric disabilities, it shall record the same and give a certified copy of such order and of the reports of the physicians to the person by whom such person is to be taken to the hospital, as the warrant for such taking and commitment, and shall also forthwith transmit a like copy to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and, in the case of a person in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, to the Commissioner of Correction. Whenever a court passes an order for the commitment of any person to any hospital for psychiatric disabilities, it shall, within three business days, provide a copy of the order of commitment to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services who shall maintain identifying information including, but not limited to, name, address, sex, date of birth and date of commitment on all commitments ordered on and after June 1, 1998. All commitment applications, orders of commitment and commitment papers issued by any court in committing persons with psychiatric disabilities to public or private hospitals for psychiatric disabilities shall be in accordance with a form prescribed by the Attorney General, which form shall be uniform throughout the state. For all such commitment applications and orders, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall cause suitable blanks, in accordance with said form, to be printed and furnished at the expense of the state. State hospitals and other hospitals for persons with psychiatric disabilities shall, so far as they are able, upon reasonable request of any officer of a court having the power of commitment, send one or more trained attendants or nurses to attend any hearing concerning the commitment of any person with psychiatric disabilities and any such attendant or nurse, when present, shall be designated by the court as the authority to serve commitment process issued under the provisions of sections 17a-75 to 17a-83, inclusive, 17a-450 to 17a-484, inclusive, 17a-495 to 17a-528, inclusive, 17a-540 to 17a-550, inclusive, 17a-560 to 17a-576, inclusive, and 17a-615 to 17a-618, inclusive.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2646; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 9; 1959, P.A. 256; 1967, P.A. 555, S. 67; P.A. 76-190, S. 5, 12; P.A. 90-209, S. 16; P.A. 94-27, S. 5, 17; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 48, 58; P.A. 98-129, S. 17.)

      History: 1959 act substituted commissioner of mental health for welfare commissioner; 1967 act added "drug-dependent persons" to "mentally ill persons"; P.A. 76-190 required copy of court's admission order to be sent to commissioner of correction when appropriate; P.A. 90-209 deleted references to orders committing drug-dependent persons; Sec. 17-179 transferred to Sec. 17a-499 in 1991; P.A. 94-27 deleted reference to Secs. 17a-580 to 17a-603, inclusive, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and replaced variants of "mental illness" and "mentally ill" with variants of "psychiatric disabilities", effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-129 required any court that orders the commitment of a person to a hospital for psychiatric disabilities to provide a copy of the order to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services within three business days, required said commissioner to maintain certain identifying information on all commitments ordered on and after June 1, 1998, and required that a uniform form be prescribed for commitment applications and that commitment application blanks be printed and furnished at state expense.