Sec. 17a-576. (Formerly Sec. 17-257). Effective date.
Sec. 17a-576. (Formerly Sec. 17-257). Effective date. Sections 17a-566 to 17a-575, inclusive, shall take effect when the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction
Services certifies to the Secretary of the State that the division, including the diagnostic
unit, is established and is adequate to perform the functions contemplated by sections
17a-560 to 17a-576, inclusive.
(1957, P.A. 650, S. 23; P.A. 73-245, S. 14; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 20, 58.)
History: P.A. 73-245 replaced "center", i.e. security treatment center, with "institute", i.e. Whiting Forensic Institute;
Sec. 17-257 transferred to Sec. 17a-576 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 "division" for "institute",
effective July 1, 1995.
Annotations to former section 17-257:
Cited. 211 C. 591.
Cited. 15 CA 74; judgment reversed, see 211 C. 591.