Sec. 17a-692. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127a). Responsibilities and authority of Court Support Services Division re persons ordered treated for alcohol or drug dependency.
Sec. 17a-692. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127a). Responsibilities and authority of
Court Support Services Division re persons ordered treated for alcohol or drug
dependency. (a) The Court Support Services Division shall have custody of (1) any
person charged with a crime for whom the court, pursuant to the provisions of section
17a-696, has suspended prosecution and ordered treated for alcohol or drug dependency,
and (2) any person convicted of a crime whom the court, pursuant to the provisions of
section 17a-699, has sentenced to a period of probation and ordered treated for alcohol
or drug dependency.
(b) The Court Support Services Division may (1) coordinate, pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-694, the examination of any person in its custody, (2) coordinate
the placement of such person for treatment for alcohol or drug dependency, and (3)
monitor the progress and behavior of such person in the treatment program.
(c) The Court Support Services Division may transfer any person in a treatment
program to another treatment program with the agreement of the director of the program
to which the person is proposed to be transferred.
(d) Any person in the custody of the Court Support Services Division under the
provisions of section 17a-696 or 17a-699 may, without any notice, be tested for use of
alcohol or drugs.
(P.A. 89-390, S. 2, 37; P.A. 02-132, S. 3.)
History: Sec. 17a-649 transferred to Sec. 19a-127a in 1995; Sec. 19a-127a transferred to Sec. 17a-692 in 1997; P.A.
02-132 replaced "Office of Adult Probation" with "Court Support Services Division" throughout and made a technical
change in Subsec. (b).
Annotations to former section 17a-649:
Cited. 223 C. 907. P.A. 89-390 cited. Id. Cited. 226 C. 191.
Cited. 27 CA 225.