Connecticut General Statutes Title 17A. Social and Human Services and Resources § 17a-616. Compact administrators

Pursuant to said compact, the Governor is authorized to designate a compact administrator for mentally ill adults, a compact administrator for mentally ill children and youths under the age of eighteen and a compact administrator for the mentally deficient who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrators shall serve subject to the pleasure of the Governor. The compact administrators are directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state thereunder, and the compact administrators are hereby directed to consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a person proposed to be transferred without such person's consent or the consent of such person's guardian from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, to take no final action without approval of the Superior Court in the state of Connecticut. On the admission of any such transferee to an institution in this state, the procedure outlined in section 17b-136 shall be followed.