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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Whenever any person has been committed by any court to any state hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, or child care facility, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Commissioner of Children and Families, as appropriate, or any person interested may, at any time thereafter, make application to the court making the order of commitment for a revocation or modification of such order or of the terms and conditions thereof. Such court shall thereupon order such notice of the time and place of hearing thereon as it deems advisable, shall hear and determine such application and may thereupon revoke, modify or affirm such order, and the action of the court thereon shall be subject to appeal as in other cases. Any individual receiving care in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities may be transferred to any other state hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities by order of the court making the original commitment of such individual, upon application in writing by the superintendent of the hospital from which such transfer is to be made. Such court shall transmit copies of such order forthwith to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services or the Commissioner of Children and Families, as appropriate, and the hospital from which transfer is made shall pay all costs of such order and transfer. Said commissioners may at any time cause an individual receiving care in a state hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities to be removed to another state hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as the circumstances or necessities of the case may require.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 17A. Social and Human Services and Resources § 17a-474. Commitment to state hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities or to child care facility. Procedures for revoking or modifying commitment - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-17a-social-and-human-services-and-resources/ct-gen-st-sect-17a-474/
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