Section 20-14j - Regulations. Advisory task force. Training programs and policies re administration of medication at juvenile detention centers(a) The commissioners of the departments which license the residential facilities, day programs or individual and family support services in which the administration of medication in accordance with section 20-14i is appropriate shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 20-14h and 20-14 i. If licensing is not required, the regulations shall be adopted by the commissioners of the departments having authority over the persons served in such facilities or programs, or receiving individual and family support. Such regulations shall be adopted by each affected department in consultation with an advisory task force which shall include the Commissioner of Public Health, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Commissioner of Developmental Services, the Commissioner of Correction and the Commissioner of Children and Families, or their designees. The task force shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health by November 1, 1988.(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall (1) establish ongoing training programs for personnel who are to administer medications to detainees in juvenile residential centers, and (2) adopt policies to carry out the provisions of sections 20-14h , and 20-14i , concerning the administration of medication to detainees in juvenile residential centers.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-14j
(P.A. 87-433, S. 3, 4; P.A. 90-70, S. 3, 4; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58; P.A. 05-150, S. 3; P.A. 07-73, S. 2 (b).)
Amended by P.A. 21-0104,S. 14 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 1/1/2022.