As one of the conditions of release, the board may require the acquittee to report to any public or private mental health facility for examination. Whenever medical, psychiatric or psychological treatment is recommended, the board may order the acquittee, as a condition of release, to cooperate with and accept treatment from the facility. The facility to which the acquittee has been referred for examination shall perform the examination and submit a written report of its findings to the board. If the facility finds that treatment of the person is appropriate, it shall include its recommendations for treatment in the report to the board. Whenever treatment is provided by the facility, the facility shall furnish reports to the board on a regular basis concerning the status of the acquittee and the degree to which the acquittee is a danger to himself or others. The board shall furnish copies of all such reports to the acquittee, counsel for the acquittee and the state's attorney. Psychiatric or psychological reports concerning the acquittee that are in the possession of the board shall not be public records, as defined in section 1-200, except that information in such reports relied on by the board or used as evidence concerning the discharge, conditional release, temporary leave or confinement of the acquittee shall not be confidential. The provisions of sections 52-146c to 52-146j, inclusive, shall not apply to such reports for the purposes of this section. The facility shall comply with any other conditions of release prescribed by order of the board.
(P.A. 85-506, S. 11, 32; P.A. 10-29, S. 2.)
History: Sec. 17-257k transferred to Sec. 17a-590 in 1991; P.A. 10-29 made technical changes and replaced requirement that confidentiality of reports be determined pursuant to Secs. 52-146c to 52-146j with provision that psychiatric or psychological reports re acquittee in possession of board shall not be public records, except that information relied on or used as evidence shall not be confidential, and that Secs. 52-146c to 52-146j shall not apply to such reports.
Annotation to former section 17-257k:
Cited. 215 C. 675.
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