Bill Text: CT SB00270 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 270 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Creating A Pilot Conservatorship Program For Persons With Mental Disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-21 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00270 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00270-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 270*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 2153
		02153
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.

AN ACT CREATING A PILOT CONSERVATORSHIP PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to create a pilot program in which (1) the Department of Social Services establishes a dedicated ombudsman to assist conservators in identifying mentally ill persons in need of assistance, (2) the Hartford Probate Court conducts a conservator training program, and (3) the department and court create a fee schedule for conservators and share in the cost of the program.

Statement of Purpose:

To assist mentally ill persons by expanding the use of conservatorships.