(a) Those buildings, facilities and other real property at Undercliff Mental Health Center not under the supervision and control of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and not transferred to the Department of Children and Families under section 17a-31, shall continue to be under the supervision and control of the Department of Developmental Services, including, but not limited to Kimball House, Cold Spring Home, and any replacement of such buildings; and approximately six acres of land situated southwest of the intersection of Route 71 and Undercliff Road in Meriden, the precise boundaries of which shall be mutually agreed upon by the Commissioners of Children and Families and Developmental Services, shall be transferred to said Department of Developmental Services.

(b) If at any time, because of reconstruction or rehabilitation of the facilities under the supervision and control of the Department of Developmental Services, it becomes necessary to transfer the patients therein to another facility, such patients shall be placed in group homes in the immediate region or in suitable, segregated areas of the facilities of the Department of Children and Families at said center which shall be mutually agreed upon by the commissioners of said departments.

(P.A. 77-220, S. 4, 5; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a), (b).)

History: Sec. 17-435c transferred to Sec. 17a-33 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Commissioner of Mental Retardation” and “Department of Mental Retardation” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Developmental Services” and “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007.