Any person who wilfully and maliciously causes, or attempts to cause, or who conspires with any other person to cause, any person who does not have psychiatric disabilities to be committed to any hospital for psychiatric disabilities, and any person who wilfully certifies falsely to the psychiatric disabilities of any person in any certificate provided for in sections
17a-75 to
17a-83, inclusive,
17a-450 to
17a-483, inclusive,
17a-495 to
17a-528, inclusive,
17a-540 to
17a-550, inclusive,
17a-560 to
17a-575, inclusive, and
17a-615 to
17a-618, inclusive, and any person who, under the provisions of said sections relating to persons with psychiatric disabilities, wilfully reports falsely to any court or judge that any person has psychiatric disabilities, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 2656; P.A. 76-336, S. 23; P.A. 79-511, S. 10; P.A. 94-27, S. 8, 17; P.A. 95-257, S. 48, 58; P.A. 13-258, S. 66; P.A. 18-86, S. 25; P.A. 22-69, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 76-336 deleted “in the state prison” with reference to imprisonment penalty; P.A. 79-511 added words “and maliciously”; Sec. 17-184 transferred to Sec. 17a-504 in 1991; P.A. 94-27 deleted reference to Secs. 17a-580 to 17a-603, inclusive, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced variants of “mental illness” and “mentally ill” with variants of “psychiatric disabilities”, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony; P.A. 18-86 replaced reference to Sec. 17a-576 with reference to Sec. 17a-575, effective June 4, 2018; P.A. 22-69 replaced “17a-484” with “17a-483”, effective May 24, 2022.
Section is limited to matters clearly brought within its scope and bears no relation to civil liability. 282 C. 821.
Notes of Decisions
Hopkins v. O'CONNOR, 925 A.2d 1030 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 14× “Our review of other pertinent provisions in the statutory scheme governing commitment proceedings has led us to General Statutes § 17a-504, which provides: “Any person who wilfully and maliciously causes, or attempts to cause, or who conspires with any other person to cause, any…”
Kaddah v. Comm'r of Corr., 153 A.3d 1233 (Conn. 2017).
· cites it 2× “2d 1030 (2007) (relying on criminal penalty in General Statutes § 17a-504 for wrongful acts in connection with psychiatric commitment to conclude that common law provided police officer with qualified, rather than absolute, civil immunity); State v.”
Gallo v. Barile, 935 A.2d 103 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 2× “, 831, 837-38; a second statutory provision, namely, General Statutes § 17a-504, which imposes criminal sanctions on “[a]ny person who wilfully and maliciously causes .”
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