Bill Text: CT SB01009 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Persons With Mental Disabilities Who Have Court-appointed Conservators.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Judiciary [SB01009 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-SB01009-Comm_Sub.html
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AN ACT CONCERNING PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES WHO HAVE COURT-APPOINTED CONSERVATORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2015) (a) There is established a task force to study issues concerning conservatorships for persons with mental disabilities. Such study shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Compensation provided to attorneys and other persons who are appointed by the courts to represent such persons, (2) the qualifications and training needed to be appointed a conservator for such persons, (3) the allocation of funding and resources to provide conservators and related services for such persons, and (4) barriers to public assistance posed by the mental disabilities of such persons and ways to streamline eligibility determinations and redeterminations.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
(2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be an advocate for the mentally ill;
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall be a provider of support services for persons with mental disabilities who have a court-appointed conservator;
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a person who is not an attorney who has been appointed as a conservator to represent such persons;
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be an attorney who has been appointed as a conservator to represent such persons;
(7) The Probate Court Administrator, or the Probate Court Administrator's designee;
(8) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee; and
(9) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or the commissioner's designee.
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.
(g) Not later than January 1, 2016, the task force shall submit a report in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, public health and human services. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2016, whichever is later.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2015 |
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Joint Favorable Subst. C/R |
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