The Whiting Forensic Hospital shall be within the general administrative control and supervision of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The director, with the approval of the commissioner and the board, shall establish such divisions, which may be located geographically separate from the hospital, as may be deemed proper for the administrative control and the efficient operation thereof, one of which divisions shall be the diagnostic unit.
(1957, P.A. 650, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 208; P.A. 73-245, S. 4; P.A. 95-257, S. 19, 58; P.A. 18-86, S. 35.)
History: 1959 act deleted stipulation that divisions and subdivisions be within the center and added that they may be geographically separate; P.A. 73-245 replaced “center” with “institute” reflecting change of security treatment center to Whiting Forensic Institute; Sec. 17-240 transferred to Sec. 17a-562 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Whiting Forensic Institute with Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hospital, replaced “divisions” with “subdivisions” and replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 18-86 replaced “Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hospital” with “Whiting Forensic Hospital”, replaced “subdivisions” with “divisions”, and made a conforming change, effective June 4, 2018.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases (
3 in the last 5 years), 2004–2024 · leading case:
Wiseman v. Armstrong, 850 A.2d 114 (Conn. 2004).
Wiseman v. Armstrong, 850 A.2d 114 (Conn. 2004).
· cites it 3× “” We emphasize, however, that despite the similarities between Whiting, which is operated by the department of mental health and addiction services, and correctional institutions operated by the department of correction, nothing in this opinion is intended to indicate—or…”
Paschal-Barros v. Quiros (D. Conn. 2022).
· cites it 2× “” Conn. Gen. Stat. §17a-562. allowed [him] medication and to attend the competency restoration groups and physical fitness and computer groups, and evaluation[.”
Allen v. Sidaros (D. Conn. 2022).
· cites it 2× “11 See Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-562; Connecticut Dept.”
Crispin v. State of Connecticut (D. Conn. 2024).
“§ 17a-562; Connecticut Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Whiting Forensic Hospital, available at https://portal.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.