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Sec. 17a-517. (Formerly Sec. 17-194g). Hospitalization of desperate or dangerous individual in Whiting Forensic Division. Exception. Limitation on placement of inmate requiring maximum security condit

      Sec. 17a-517. (Formerly Sec. 17-194g). Hospitalization of desperate or dangerous individual in Whiting Forensic Division. Exception. Limitation on placement of inmate requiring maximum security conditions. If any person in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction who is brought to a hospital pursuant to the provisions of sections 17a-499, 17a-509, 17a-512 to 17a-517, inclusive, 17a-520, 17a-521 and 54-56d is a desperate or dangerous individual, such person shall be hospitalized in the Whiting Forensic Division. If the Whiting Forensic Division is unable to accommodate such transfer, then such person shall remain in the custody of the commissioner at a correctional institution, there confined under appropriate care and supervision. Under no circumstances shall an inmate with psychiatric disabilities requiring maximum security conditions be placed in a state hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities which does not have the facilities and trained personnel to provide appropriate care and supervision for such individuals.

      (P.A. 76-190, S. 8, 12; P.A. 95-257, S. 20, 48, 50, 58; P.A. 05-19, S. 1.)

      History: Sec. 17-194g transferred to Sec. 17a-517 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced variants of term "mental illness" with "psychiatric disabilities" and substituted "Whiting Forensic Division" for "Whiting Forensic Institute", effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 05-19 added reference to Sec. 54-56d.

      Annotations to former section 17-194g:

      Cited. 198 C. 397. Cited. 205 C. 27.

      Cited. 21 CA 172.

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