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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5052
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 170
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROBATE COURT
TO ORDER THAT AN INDIVIDUAL SUBMIT TO AN INVOLUNTARY
MEDICAL EVALUATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 801a of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
that a Probate Court may order a person with a substance use disorder 2
or mental disability to submit to a medical evaluation, not to exceed a 3
period of seventy-two hours, when (1) such person refuses to consent 4
to, or is incapable of consenting to, voluntary treatment, (2) such 5
person is incapable of residing on his or her own and presents a 6
danger to self or others, and (3) less restrictive treatment alternatives 7
are not appropriate. 8
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.