2011 Connecticut Code
Title 17a Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319i Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities
Sec. 17a-602. (Formerly Sec. 17-257w). Applicability of sections 17a-580 to 17a-601, inclusive.

      Sec. 17a-602. (Formerly Sec. 17-257w). Applicability of sections 17a-580 to 17a-601, inclusive. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, sections 17a-580 to 17a-601, inclusive, apply (1) to any person who, on or after July 1, 1985, is found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13, and (2) to any person who, prior to July 1, 1985, was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, or guilty but not criminally responsible, pursuant to section 53a-13, and who, on July 1, 1985, is confined, temporarily confined, or otherwise subject to court supervision pursuant to section 53a-47 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1985.

      (b) For the purposes of sections 17a-580 to 17a-601, inclusive, and this section, the terms "acquittee" and "person found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect" include a person found guilty but not criminally responsible pursuant to section 53a-13 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1983.

      (c) All persons confined as a danger to themselves or others pursuant to section 53a-47 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1985, shall be deemed committed to the jurisdiction of the board on July 1, 1985, and for the remainder of the term of commitment. Any such person may apply to the board for conditional release or to the court for discharge in the same manner as any person committed to the jurisdiction of the board on or after July 1, 1985.

      (d) Any person subject to temporary confinement on July 1, 1985, pursuant to section 53a-47 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1985, shall be confined for examination and a hearing pursuant to section 17a-582.

      (P.A. 85-506, S. 23, 32.)

      History: Sec. 17-257w transferred to Sec. 17a-602 in 1991.

      Annotations to former section 17-257w:

      Cited. 200 C. 208.

      Subsec. (a):

      Cited. 211 C. 591. Cited. 215 C. 675.

      Subsec. (c):

      Cited. 215 C. 675.