{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-509","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-509","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 17-191). Placement of persons with psychiatric disabilities in residential care homes or chronic and convalescent hospitals.","body":"The superintendent or director of any state-operated facility, as defined in subsection (c) of section 17a-458, may place any person with psychiatric disabilities committed to such state-operated facility, if such person is no longer in need of active psychiatric treatment in such state-operated facility, in a residential care home licensed by the Department of Public Health in accordance with sections 19a-490 to 19a-503, inclusive, or a chronic and convalescent hospital, provided such person shall, despite such transfer, remain subject to the medical supervision of the superintendent or director of such state-operated facility, and such superintendent or director may, if medically indicated, order and provide for the return of any such patient to such state-operated facility, subject to any limitations of the term of commitment contained in the order of commitment under which such patient was committed to such state-operated facility. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who is under a term of imprisonment or who has not met the requirements of the condition of release set to provide the reasonable assurance of such person's appearance in court.","path":["TITLE 17a. SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES AND RESOURCES","CHAPTER 319i*. PERSONS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES","PART II*. COMMITMENT. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_319i.htm#sec_17a-509","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:02Z","sha256":"adc33898e78def5c43fca608f476800a2b602519b9fbf07729d3f1133cbc0d99","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-508","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}