Bill Text: CT SB00757 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 757 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Medication Orders And Conserved Persons.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00757 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00757-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 757*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 1569

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICATION ORDERS AND CONSERVED PERSONS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to permit a person, who has been appointed "conservator of the person" for a person who is incapable of caring for himself or herself due to mental illness, to apply to the probate court for an order that requires the conserved person to take medication to treat such mental illness if the probate court determines that such order is in the conserved person's best interest.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow a conservator to seek a probate court order that requires the conserved person to take necessary medication.