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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-513 (2025)

(Formerly Sec. 17-194c). Voluntary admission of inmates of correctional institutions in hospital for psychiatric disabilities

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The provisions of subsection (a) of section 17a-506 shall apply to any person who is in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction provided that no such person shall be received in a hospital for observation and treatment unless a physician designated by the Commissioner of Correction notifies in writing both the Commissioner of Correction and the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services that such person is in need of observation and treatment in a hospital for psychiatric disabilities. No such person shall be confined in any such hospital for more than ten days after he has given written notice of his desire to leave, without commitment, pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-498, by the court of probate for the district wherein such person is hospitalized. In the absence of such commitment, such person, if in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, shall be returned to any institution administered by the Department of Correction as the Commissioner of Correction shall designate, unless his custody in the Commissioner of Correction has terminated, in which case he shall be discharged.

(P.A. 76-190, S. 2, 12; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 48, 58.)

History: Sec. 17-194c transferred to Sec. 17a-513 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and substituted “psychiatric disabilities” for “mental illness”, effective July 1, 1995.

Annotations to former section 17-194c:

Cited. 198 C. 397; 205 C. 27; 224 C. 168.

Cited. 21 CA 172.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 224 C. 168.

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Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case: Wiseman v. Armstrong, 850 A.2d 114 (Conn. 2004).
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Wiseman v. Armstrong, 850 A.2d 114 (Conn. 2004). · cites it 16× “For example, General Statutes § 17a-513 provides that “any person who is in the custody of the [c]ommissioner of [c]orrection” may, pursuant to the procedures set forth in General Statutes § 17a-506, petition for voluntary admission to a “hospitalfor psychiatric disabilities.”
State v. Campbell, 617 A.2d 889 (Conn. 1992). · cites it 3× “Inmates committed to the commissioner of correction may avail themselves of voluntary commitment for psychiatric treatment pursuant to General Statutes § 17a-513. As the defendant conceded at oral argument, if the defendant were improperly denied such treatment, he could seek…”
State v. Foster, 339 A.3d 1093 (Conn. 2025). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, the court ‘‘conclude[d] that § 17a-593 (c) impliedly imposes the same burden [of proof] on the state at a hearing for the continued commitment of an acquittee beyond his [or her] current definite period of commitment as is imposed in a civil commitment hearing under…”
State v. Foster, 289 A.3d 191 (Conn. App. Ct. 2023). “’’ General Statutes § 17a-515 provides: ‘‘The provisions of section 17a-498 shall apply to any person regarding whom proceedings for commitment are being instituted under section 17a-513 or 17a-514, and to any other person in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, except…”
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