§ 17a-450a — Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Successor to the Department of Mental Health and to the addiction services component of the former Department of Public Health and Addiction Services.

(a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Mental Health. Whenever the words “Commissioner of Mental Health” are used or referred to in the following general statutes, the words “Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services” shall be substituted in lieu thereof and whenever the words “Department of Mental Health” are used or referred to in the following general statutes, the words “Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 4-5, 4-38c, 4-77a, 4a-12, 4a-16, 5-142, 8-206d, 10-19, 10-71, 10-76d, 17a-14, 17a-26, 17a-31, 17a-33, 17a-218, 17a-246, 17a-450, 17a-451, 17a-453, 17a-454, 17a-455, 17a-456, 17a-457, 17a-458, 17a-459, 17a-464, 17a-465, 17a-466, 17a-467, 17a-468, 17a-470, 17a-471, 17a-472, 17a-473, 17a-474, 17a-476, 17a-478, 17a-479, 17a-480, 17a-481, 17a-482, 17a-483, 17a-498, 17a-499, 17a-502, 17a-506, 17a-510, 17a-511, 17a-512, 17a-513, 17a-519, 17a-528, 17a-560, 17a-561, 17a-562, 17a-565, 17a-581, 17a-582, 17a-675, 17-836a, 17b-28, 17b-59a, 17b-222, 17b-223, 17b-225, 17b-359, 17b-694, 19a-82, 19a-495, 19a-498, 19a-507a, 19a-576, 19a-583, 20-14i, 20-14j, 21a-240, 21a-301, 27-122a, 31-222, 38a-514, 51-51o, 52-146h and 54-56d. (b) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall constitute a successor department to the addiction services component of the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services. Whenever the words “Commissioner of Public Health and Addiction Services” are used or referred to in the following general statutes, the words “Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services” shall be substituted in lieu thereof and whenever the words “Department of Public Health and Addiction Services” are used or referred to in the following general statutes, the words “Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 4a-12 , 17a-670 to 17a-676 , inclusive, 17a-678 to 17a-682 , inclusive, 17a-684 to 17a-687 , inclusive, 17a-691 , 17a-694 , 17a-710 , 17a-712 , 17a-713 , 19a-89c , 20-74o , 20-74p , 20-74q , 21a-274a , 54-36i and 54-56g . (c) Any order or regulation of the Department of Mental Health or the addiction services component of the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services that is in force on July 1, 1995, shall continue in force and effect as an order or regulation of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services until amended, repealed or superseded pursuant to law. Where any order or regulation of the departments conflict, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may implement policies and procedures consistent with the provisions of public act 95-257* while in the process of adopting the policy or procedure in regulation form, provided notice of intention to adopt the regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation. The policy or procedure shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective. *Note: Public act 95-257 is entitled “An Act Concerning the Consolidation of State-Operated Programs at Fairfield Hills, Norwich and Connecticut Valley Hospitals, Transfer of Addiction Services to the Former Department of Mental Health, Medicaid Waiver and the Office of Health Care Access”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1995” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)

Legislative History

(P.A. 95-257, S. 5, 11, 58; P.A. 98-247, S. 12; P.A. 99-284, S. 56, 60; P.A. 02-89, S. 27; 02-123, S. 8; P.A. 07-148, S. 4; P.A. 09-145, S. 12; 09-205, S. 11; P.A. 12-143, S. 7; P.A. 15-120, S. 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 151; P.A. 18-86, S. 13; P.A. 19-118, S. 45; P.A. 22-69, S. 13; P.A. 23-121, S. 3.) History: P.A. 95-257, S. 5 and 11 effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-247 repealed Sec. 20-74r and specifically authorized deletion of reference to Sec. 20-74r in this section; P.A. 99-284 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 38a-539 and made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 02-89 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 22a-224, reflecting the repeal of said section by the same public act; P.A. 02-123 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to repealed Sec. 13b-38n, effective June 7, 2002; P.A. 07-148 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to repealed Sec. 17a-463; P.A. 09-145 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 17a-465a; P.A. 09-205 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 17a-3, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 12-143 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 2c-2b, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 15-120 deleted reference to Sec. 17a-452; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 17b-420, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 18-86 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 17a-576, effective June 4, 2018; P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 19a-507c, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-69 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 17a-484, effective May 24, 2022; P.A. 23-121 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 17a-460, effective June 27, 2023.