As used in this section and sections 17b-223, 17b-228, 17b-229 and 17b-745, “state humane institution” or “humane institution” means state mental hospitals, community mental health centers, treatment facilities for children and adolescents, or any other facility or program administered by the Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Developmental Services, or Children and Families. The person in charge of each state humane institution shall furnish the Commissioner of Administrative Services with a daily report of changes in the patient roster and the date of formal commitment of each patient.

(1955, S. 1488d; 1957, P.A. 586, S. 7; 1959, P.A. 201; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; 839, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 530, S. 1; P.A. 75-603, S. 12, 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 87-421, S. 6, 13; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 30, 58; P.A. 04-257, S. 32; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a).)

History: 1959 act required that welfare commissioner be supplied with daily report of changes in patient roster and dates of formal commitment of patients; 1967 acts deleted “tuberculosis facilities in chronic disease hospitals” from the definition and provided that the commissioner of finance and control rather than the welfare commissioner receive the reports of patient rosters; 1971 act included community mental health centers, treatment facilities for children and adolescents and other facilities and programs administered by mental health department in definition of “humane institution”; P.A. 75-603 included reference to programs and facilities administered by children and youth services department; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 87-421 included facilities or programs administered by the Connecticut state alcohol and drug abuse commission and by the department of mental retardation in the definition of state human institution and excluded state training schools for mentally retarded persons from the definition; 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. 93-381 replaced Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-294 transferred to Sec. 17b-222 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and deleted reference to the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes, effective June 14, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007.

Annotations to former section 17-294:

Cited. 183 C. 330.

Cited. 30 CS 118.