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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 170 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5052 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 170 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROBATE COURT | |
| 19 | 19 | TO ORDER THAT AN INDIVIDUAL SUBMIT TO AN INVOLUNTARY | |
| 20 | 20 | MEDICAL EVALUATION. | |
| 21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 22 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 24 | 24 | That chapter 801a of the general statutes be amended to provide 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | that a Probate Court may order a person with a substance use disorder 2 | |
| 26 | 26 | or mental disability to submit to a medical evaluation, not to exceed a 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | period of seventy-two hours, when (1) such person refuses to consent 4 | |
| 28 | 28 | to, or is incapable of consenting to, voluntary treatment, (2) such 5 | |
| 29 | 29 | person is incapable of residing on his or her own and presents a 6 | |
| 30 | 30 | danger to self or others, and (3) less restrictive treatment alternatives 7 | |
| 31 | 31 | are not appropriate. 8 | |
| 32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 33 | 33 | To provide a Probate Court with the authority to order a person with a | |
| 34 | 34 | substance use disorder or mental disability to submit to an involuntary | |
| 35 | 35 | medical evaluation. |