{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-549","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-549","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 17-206j). Denial of employment, housing, licenses, because of history of mental disorder restricted.","body":"(a) No person shall be denied employment, housing, civil service rank, any license or permit, including a professional license, or any other civil or legal right, solely because of a present or past history of mental disorder, except as so provided by the general statutes.\n(b) The burden shall be on the person or agency denying any such right to prove that the person so denied is not suitable solely because of his present or past history of mental disorder.","path":["TITLE 17a. SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES AND RESOURCES","CHAPTER 319i*. PERSONS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES","PART III*. PATIENTS' RIGHTS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_319i.htm#sec_17a-549","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":"5178502951fbfd430e8e2dc130ac4ca2be5043fa5b34f903ee5926c1d4bf6358","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-548","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}