Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-507a: (Formerly Sec. 19a-80a). Community residences for adults impacted by mental health disorder. Definitions.

As used in section 8-3g and sections 19a-507a to 19a-507d, inclusive: (1) “Adult impacted by mental health disorder” means any adult who experiences symptoms of, or is in remission from, a mental or emotional condition that has a clinically significant impact on one or more areas of such adult's functioning and who requires care and treatment but shall not mean any adult who is dangerous to such adult or others, as defined in section 17a-495, or who is an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 17a-680, or who has been placed in any community-based residential home by order of the Superior Court or has been released to any community-based residential home by the Department of Correction or any person found not competent to stand trial for any crime pursuant to section 54-56d or committed pursuant to sections 17a-580 to 17a-602, inclusive; and (2) “community residence” means a facility which houses the staff of such facility and eight or fewer adults impacted by mental health disorders that is licensed by the Commissioner of Public Health and which provides supervised, structured group living activities and psychosocial rehabilitation and other support services to adults impacted by mental health disorders who are discharged from a state-operated or licensed facility or referred by a licensed physician specializing in psychiatry or a licensed psychologist.