Sec. 17a-280. (Formerly Sec. 19a-454). Recommitment and transfers of committed persons. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17a-280. (Formerly Sec. 19a-454). Recommitment and transfers of committed persons. (a) Persons with mental retardation who are not serious discipline problems may be recommitted by a probate court commitment from any institution in the state to the Southbury Training School, a state developmental services region or any state facility provided for the care and training of persons with mental retardation. The court of probate situated in the town wherein the institution from which such person with mental retardation is recommitted shall have jurisdiction.

      (b) Any resident with mental retardation of any such institution may be transferred from the institution to which the resident is committed or admitted to any of the other institutions upon the agreement of the superintendents or directors.

      (c) Mentally ill persons may be transferred from any such institution to any state hospital for the mentally ill upon agreement of the superintendents of the respective institutions from and to which it is desired to make such a transfer. The state hospitals for the mentally ill may transfer any person with mental retardation, not psychotic, to the Southbury Training School, a state developmental services region or any state facility provided for the care and training of persons with mental retardation upon agreement of the superintendents or directors of the respective institutions from and to which it is desired to make such a transfer.

      (d) The cost of any transfer or recommitment shall be paid by the institution from which the transfer is made. When a patient or resident of any institution is transferred, the order of commitment shall be retained in the original institution to which the patient or resident was committed and a certified copy of such commitment, with the agreement of transfer, shall accompany the patient or resident to the institution to which the patient or resident is transferred.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2847; 1955, S. 1589d, 1590d; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 42; 1961, P.A. 489, S. 8; 1967, P.A. 118, S. 4, 5; 249; P.A. 76-153, S. 7; P.A. 86-41, S. 6, 11; P.A. 91-278, S. 3; P.A. 08-7, S. 7.)

      History: 1961 act substituted "mentally retarded" for "mentally deficient" persons, added references in Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c) to any other state facility, etc. and substituted patient or resident for inmate in Subsec. (d); 1967 acts changed name of Mansfield State Training School and Hospital and added other state facilities to Subsec. (c); P.A. 76-153 included regional centers, removed epileptic persons from purview of section and made minor language changes, replacing "inmate", etc.; Sec. 17-175 transferred to Sec. 19-569k in 1977; Sec. 19-569k transferred to Sec. 19a-454 in 1983; P.A. 86-41 added references to institution directors and substituted references to mental retardation regions for references to regional centers; Sec. 19a-454 transferred to Sec. 17a-280 in 1991; P.A. 91-278 made technical changes to remove references to Mansfield Training School; P.A. 08-7 amended Subsec. (a) by renaming state mental retardation region as state developmental services region and by making technical changes, amended Subsecs. (b) and (d) by making technical changes and amended Subsecs. (a) to (c) by substituting persons "with mental retardation" for "mentally retarded" persons, effective April 29, 2008.

      See Sec. 17a-474 re release and transfer of inmates of humane institutions.