Each state-operated facility for persons with psychiatric disabilities may establish psychiatric clinics and day treatment programs for adult persons, including those who are or have been committed pursuant to a Probate Court order. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall determine financial liability for services in such psychiatric clinics and day treatment programs, and the same persons and estates as are legally liable for support of patients in state humane institutions shall be liable for payment in accordance with section 4a-12 and subsection (b) of section 17b-223.

(1949 Rev., S. 2702; February, 1965, P.A. 211; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 5; P.A. 75-603, S. 8, 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 79-19; P.A. 87-421, S. 5, 13; P.A. 95-257, S. 48, 58.)

History: 1965 act added minor persons to purview of statute; 1967 act authorized day treatment programs and added provisions re establishment of sliding scale of charges and liability for payment of charges; P.A. 75-603 deleted reference to programs for minors; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 79-19 replaced “state hospital for mental illness” with “state-operated facility for the mentally ill” and “under legal control of mental hospitals” with “committed pursuant to a probate court order” and made provision of clinics and day treatment programs optional rather than mandatory; P.A. 87-421 added reference to payment “in accordance with Sec. 4-68a and Subsec. (b) of Sec. 17-295” and deleted reference to sliding scale of charges established in consultation with mental health commissioner; Sec. 17-224 transferred to Sec. 17a-469 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced “the mentally ill” with “persons with psychiatric disabilities”, effective July 1, 1995.