Sec. 17a-282. (Formerly Sec. 19a-456). Involuntary placement. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17a-282. (Formerly Sec. 19a-456). Involuntary placement. No person admitted to a facility for persons with mental retardation under the provisions of section 17a-281, shall be detained in such facility for more than seven days after he has given notice in writing, or, if such person is a minor or adult incompetent, after such notice has been given on his behalf by his parent, guardian, conservator or person having custody, to the Commissioner of Developmental Services, of his intention or desire to leave such facility. If said commissioner is of the opinion that such person is in need of further treatment or observation, he may make and file, in the probate court for the district within which such person resides, application for the involuntary placement of such person to such facility and the probate court shall proceed thereon in the same manner as is provided in section 17a-274.

      (1961, P.A. 260, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 377, S. 2; P.A. 75-638, S. 10, 23; P.A. 76-153, S. 9; P.A. 87-152, S. 2, 4; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b).)

      History: 1963 act deleted obsolete references to Secs. 17-160 and 17-165, substituting Sec. 17-172d; P.A. 75-638 replaced deputy commissioner of mental retardation with commissioner of mental retardation, reflecting creation of independent mental retardation department; P.A. 76-153 replaced references to state schools, diagnostic centers or institutions with references to facilities for the mentally retarded; Sec. 17-175b transferred to Sec. 19-569m in 1977; Sec. 19-569m transferred to Sec. 19a-456 in 1983; P.A. 87-152 substituted "persons with mental retardation" for "the mentally retarded" and substituted "involuntary placement" for "commitment"; Sec. 19a-456 transferred to Sec. 17a-282 in 1991; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 "Commissioner of Mental Retardation" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Developmental Services", effective October 1, 2007.