Connecticut General Statutes Title 17A. Social and Human Services and Resources § 17a-501. Hospitals to which person with psychiatric disabilities committed

Any person with psychiatric disabilities, the expense of whose support is paid by himself or by another person, may be committed to any institution for the care of persons with psychiatric disabilities designated by the person paying for such support; and any indigent person with psychiatric disabilities, not a pauper, committed under the provisions of sections 17a-75 to 17a-83, inclusive, 17a-450 to 17a-483, inclusive, 17a-495 to 17a-528, inclusive, 17a-540 to 17a-550, inclusive, 17a-560 to 17a-575, inclusive, and 17a-615 to 17a-618, inclusive, shall be committed to any state hospital for psychiatric disabilities which is equipped to receive him, at the discretion of the Court of Probate, upon consideration of a request made by the person applying for such commitment.