Sec. 17b-250. (Formerly Sec. 17-318). Payment of hospital expense of inmate transferred from correctional institution.

When any person has been transferred from the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, the York Correctional Institution, or its maximum security division, the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, or a community correctional center to a state hospital, such person's hospital expense prior to the termination of his sentence shall be charged to the state. If any person, transferred from a correctional institution or community correction center is committed to or otherwise remains in a state hospital after the expiration of his sentence, such person's hospital expense shall be paid to the state in the manner provided for payment in sections 17b-122, 17b-124 to 17b-132, inclusive, 17b-136 to 17b-138, inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197, inclusive, 17b-222 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-256, 17b-263, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689b and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive.

(1949 Rev., S. 2670; 1953, S. 1504d; 1959, P.A. 165; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 75-416, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-186, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 52; P.A. 15-14, S. 28.)

History: 1959 act deleted requirement for payment to state of other necessary costs of commitment when person is committed to state hospital after expiration of his sentence; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”; P.A. 75-416 provided that state bear cost when person transferred to state hospital from community correctional centers, previously person's estate bore cost if there was an estate; P.A. 86-186 changed the name of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire to the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire; Sec. 17-318 transferred to Sec. 17b-250 in 1995; (Revisor's note: In 1999 the references to “17b-115 to 17b-138” and “17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive,” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “17b-116 to 17b-138” and “17b-689, 17b-689b”, respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, in repealing Secs. 17b-19, 17b-62 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116, 17b-116a, 17b-116b, 17b-117, 17b-120, 17b-121, 17b-123, 17b-134, 17b-135, 17b-220, 17b-259 and 17b-287, authorized deletion of internal references to said sections in this section, effective March 1, 2004; P.A. 04-76 deleted references to Secs. 17b-118b and 17b-221 that were repealed by the same act; P.A. 15-14 made a technical change.

Notation

Annotations to former section 17-318:

Cited. 192 C. 520; 230 C. 400.

Cited. 30 CS 118.