Sec. 17a-586. (Formerly Sec. 17-257g). Periodic report re mental condition of acquittee.
Sec. 17a-586. (Formerly Sec. 17-257g). Periodic report re mental condition of
acquittee. The superintendent of any hospital for psychiatric disabilities in which an
acquittee has been confined or the Commissioner of Developmental Services with whom
an acquittee has been placed pursuant to order of the board, or the person or agency
responsible for the supervision or treatment of a conditionally released acquittee, shall
submit to the board at least every six months a written report with respect to the mental
condition of the acquittee. The board shall furnish copies of the report to the counsel
for the acquittee and the state's attorney.
(P.A. 85-506, S. 7, 32; P.A. 87-486, S. 4; P.A. 95-257, S. 48, 58; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b).)
History: P.A. 87-486 required submission of a report by "the commissioner of mental retardation with whom an acquittee
has been placed"; Sec. 17-257g transferred to Sec. 17a-586 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced "mental illness" with "psychiatric
disabilities", effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 "Commissioner of Mental Retardation" was changed editorially
by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Developmental Services", effective October 1, 2007.
Annotations to former section 17-257g:
Cited. 211 C. 591. Cited. 215 C. 675.