General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5598
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 717
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5598
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 717
*00717*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT AUTHORITY TO ORDER A PERSON WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR MENTAL DISABILITY TO SUBMIT TO AN INVOLUNTARY MEDICAL EVALUATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 801 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a Probate Court may order a person with a substance use disorder or mental disability to submit to a medical evaluation not to exceed a period of seventy-two hours when (1) such person refuses to consent to, or is incapable of consenting to, voluntary treatment, (2) such person is incapable of residing on his or her own and presents a danger to self or others, and (3) less restrictive treatment alternatives are not appropriate.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide a Probate Court with the authority to order a person with a substance use disorder or mental disability to submit to an involuntary medical evaluation.