The Commissioner of Correction may transfer any inmate of any of the institutions of the Department of Correction to any other appropriate state institution with the concurrence of the superintendent of such institution or to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch when the Commissioner of Correction finds that the welfare or health of the inmate requires it. When an inmate, after the expiration of his or her sentence, is committed to or otherwise remains in the institution to which he or she was transferred, the expense of his or her treatment and support shall be paid as provided by sections 17b-122, 17b-124 to 17b-132, inclusive, 17b-136 to 17b-138, inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197, inclusive, 17b-222 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-256, 17b-263, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689b, and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive. No transfer of any person who has attained the age of eighteen years shall be made to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch. No transfer of any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years shall be made to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch unless the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch finds that such person would benefit from a transfer to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch and agrees to accept such person and such person has given such person's written consent to such transfer. Such person transferred to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall be deemed to be committed to the custody of the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch. The executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall have the power to terminate the commitment and release such person at any time the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch determines such termination and release would be in such person's best interest, and shall have the power to return such person to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Correction. The transfer of any person under this section to the the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall not result in the person so transferred being in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction and the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch for a total of less than the minimum or more than the maximum term such person would have been in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction had such person not been so transferred.

(1967, P.A. 152, S. 15; 1969, P.A. 664, S. 13; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 35; P.A. 93-91, S. 1. 2; P.A. 96-180, S. 53, 166; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 54; P.A. 05-288, S. 73; P.A. 18-31, S. 23.)

History: 1969 act added provisions re transfers from correctional institution to department of children and youth services, required that superintendent of institution from which transfer to be made concur in decision and placed responsibility of determination of suitability of transfer on commissioner of correction rather than on wardens, superintendents or jail administrators; 1972 act forbade transfer of those reaching 18 rather than 20, reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-180 made technical grammatical change, effective June 3, 1996 (Revisor's note: The references to “17b-115 to 17b-138” and “17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive,” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “17b-116 to 17b-138” and “17b-689, 17b-689b”, respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, in repealing Secs. 17b-19, 17b-62 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116, 17b-116a, 17b-116b, 17b-117, 17b-120, 17b-121, 17b-123, 17b-134, 17b-135, 17b-220, 17b-259 and 17b-287, authorized deletion of internal references to said subsections in this section, effective March 1, 2004; P.A. 04-76 deleted references to Secs. 17b-118b and 17b-221 that were repealed by the same act; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 18-31 replaced references to Department of Children and Families with references to Court Support Service Division of the Judicial Branch and references to Commissioner of Children and Families with references to executive director of the Court Support Service Division of the Judicial Branch and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2018.

See Sec. 17b-250 re payment of hospital expenses of inmate transferred from correctional institution.

See Sec. 18-52a re hospitalization of prisoners for surgery or other care.

See Sec. 18-94 re retention of diseased inmates in correctional or charitable institutions.

Cited. 158 C. 439; 195 C. 303; 201 C. 115.