General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 757
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1569
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 757
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1569
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICATION ORDERS AND CONSERVED PERSONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to permit a person, who has been appointed "conservator of the person" for a person who is incapable of caring for himself or herself due to mental illness, to apply to the probate court for an order that requires the conserved person to take medication to treat such mental illness if the probate court determines that such order is in the conserved person's best interest.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow a conservator to seek a probate court order that requires the conserved person to take necessary medication.