Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-458
When used in this section and sections 17a-450, 17a-451, 17a-455, 17a-457, 17a-465, 17a-470, 17a-472, 17a-473 and 17a-475 unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1972, P.A. 145, S. 1; P.A. 75-603, S. 1, 15; P.A. 76-339, S. 1, 5; P.A. 77-220, S. 1, 5; P.A. 78-70, S. 2; P.A. 82-154, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-371, S. 17, 45; P.A. 87-225, S. 1; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-427, S. 2, 6; P.A. 95-257, S. 16, 58; P.A. 05-280, S. 79; P.A. 07-148, S. 11, 12; P.A. 08-184, S. 22; P.A. 11-215, S. 3; P.A. 18-86, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 75-603 redefined “state-operated facilities” to specifically exclude treatment facilities for children transferred to children and youth services department, to delete High Meadows and to replace the Security Treatment Center with Whiting Forensic Institute; P.A. 76-339 included Ribicoff Research Center as state-operated facility; P.A. 77-220 added reference to Secs. 17-221 and 17-222, deleted Undercliff Mental Health Center as state-operated facility and added Cedarcrest Regional Hospital; P.A. 78-70 added reference to Sec. 17-215c; P.A. 82-154 deleted the Ribicoff Research Center from the list of state operated facilities in Subsec. (b); P.A. 86-371 amended definition of “state-operated facilities” to delete reference to Blue Hills Hospital, to revise name of Bridgeport Mental Health Center and to specifically exclude facilities transferred to alcohol and drug abuse commission; P.A. 87-225 changed the name of the DuBois Day Treatment Center to the Franklin S. DuBois Center; Sec. 17-207a transferred to Sec. 17a-458 in 1991; 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; P.A. 93-427 redefined “state-operated facilities” to add the Capitol Region Mental Health Center, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced references to mental disorder with psychiatric disability, added Subsec. (b) re substance abuse disability and relettered the remaining Subsec. accordingly, deleted Whiting Forensic Institute in Subsec. (c) and added Blue Hills Hospital and Berkshire Woods, Eugene Boneski and Dutcher treatment centers, deleted reference to portions of facilities transferred to the former Department of Public Health and Addiction Services and replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (c) to redefine “state-operated facilities” to include the Acute Care Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital, to remove Cedarcrest Regional Hospital, Blue Hills Hospital, Berkshire Woods Treatment Center and Eugene Boneski Treatment Center from list of state-operated facilities and to remove provision re portions of facilities transferred to the Department of Children and Families, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-148 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing “substance abuse disabilities” with “substance use disorders” and further amended Subsec. (c) by redefining “state-operated facilities”, to delete obsolete references to Norwich and Fairfield Hills Hospitals and Dutcher Treatment Center and to add River Valley Services; P.A. 08-184 made technical changes in Subsec. (c); P.A. 11-215 redefined “state-operated facilities” in Subsec. (c); P.A. 18-86 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing reference to Whiting Forensic Division with reference to Whiting Forensic Hospital, effective June 4, 2018.