Connecticut § 17a-31 (Formerly Sec. 17-435). Transfer of administration and control of certain institutions, facilities and personal property to Commissioner of Children and Families. Transfer of certain funds.

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§ 17a-31 — (Formerly Sec. 17-435). Transfer of administration and control of certain institutions, facilities and personal property to Commissioner of Children and Families. Transfer of certain funds.

Connecticut § 17a-31

Title 17aSocial and Human Services and Resources

Ch. 319Department of Children and Families

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-31 (2026).

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(a)The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall contract with the Commissioner of Children and Families for the transfer of administration and control over the following institutions and facilities and personal property from the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to the Commissioner of Children and Families (1) the children's unit at Connecticut Valley Hospital including the Silvermine building and the school activities complex at Connecticut Valley Hospital and the three cottages surrounding the Silvermine building presently known as Cottages A, B, and C, together with certain real property the precise boundaries of which shall be agreed upon by both commissioners; and (2) those buildings and other real property located at Fairfield Hills Hospital whic

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(a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall contract with the Commissioner of Children and Families for the transfer of administration and control over the following institutions and facilities and personal property from the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to the Commissioner of Children and Families (1) the children's unit at Connecticut Valley Hospital including the Silvermine building and the school activities complex at Connecticut Valley Hospital and the three cottages surrounding the Silvermine building presently known as Cottages A, B, and C, together with certain real property the precise boundaries of which shall be agreed upon by both commissioners; and (2) those buildings and other real property located at Fairfield Hills Hospital which both commissioners agree should constitute an adolescent unit at said hospital. (b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall determine the pro rata annual cost to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the continued maintenance and services of those facilities shared by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Children and Families pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. That sum, representing the pro rata annual cost of such maintenance and services shall be transferred annually from the budget of the Department of Children and Families to the budget of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the cost of such maintenance and services.

Legislative History

(P.A. 75-524, S. 24, 30; P.A. 77-220, S. 3, 5; 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-216, S. 3; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58.) History: P.A. 77-220 amended Subsec. (a) to remove July 1, 1975, deadline for transfers and to make transfer in Subdiv. (5) of entire Undercliff Mental Health Center rather than of Adolescent Drug Rehabilitation Unit and other buildings; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management in Subsec. (b); Sec. 17-435 transferred to Sec. 17a-31 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-216 amended Subsec. (a) by removing certain institutions from the control of the commissioner of children and families; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995.