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“The law permits the involuntary commitment of people with psychiatric disabilities who are either dangerous to themselves or others or gravely disabled. A gravely disabled person is someone who may suffer harm because he or she fails to provide for basic human needs and refuses to accept necessary hospitalization.”
Read more at: Office of Legislative Research Report # 2013-R-0031 – Involuntary Civil Commitment and Patients’ Rights
and at the Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries website page on “Connecticut Law About Commitment (Voluntary/Involuntary)”
Connecticut Legal Rights Project (CLRP is a statewide non-profit agency which provides free legal services to low-income adults with psychiatric disabilities, who reside in hospitals or the community, on matters related to their treatment, recovery, and civil rights. For more information go to: http://www.clrp.org/
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SOURCES: Office of Legislative Research Report #2013-R-0031 – Involuntary Civil Commitment and Patient’s Rights; Treatment Advocacy Center; Connecticut Legal Rights Project; Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries Website
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CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: June2024