PA 16-159—SB 132

Public Health Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATION ON INVOLUNTARY FACILITY ADMISSIONS

SUMMARY: This act makes a technical change by updating terminology in a statute on placement in a facility for persons with intellectual disability. It replaces the outdated term “adult incompetent” with “an adult for whom a guardian or an involuntary conservator has been appointed.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2016

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