Sec. 17b-249. (Formerly Sec. 17-317). Support of mentally ill persons accused of crime. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-249. (Formerly Sec. 17-317). Support of mentally ill persons accused of crime. When any person, charged with any offense punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, has been found not guilty because of mental illness and, by reason of such mental illness, has been committed for confinement or treatment to any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, the expense for the support and treatment of such person while so committed shall be charged to the state.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2664; 1953, S. 1501d; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 6; P.A. 85-506, S. 27, 32.)

      History: P.A. 85-506 required that support and treatment expenses be charged to state rather than "computed and paid for in the same manner as is provided in this chapter for patients committed by courts of probate"; Sec. 17-317 transferred to Sec. 17b-249 in 1995.

      Annotations to former section 17-317:

      Held in violation of equal protection provisions of federal and state constitutions. 192 C. 520. Held unconstitutional. Id., 532. Cited. 225 C. 528. Cited. 230 C. 400.

      Does not pertain if accused never stood trial. 14 CS 33.