Sec.17a-581-14. Time of hearings

The types of hearings and time frame for such hearings are as follows:

(1) Initial commitment hearing pursuant to Section 17a-583 of the General Statutes. An initial commitment hearing will be held within 90 days of the order committing the acquittee to the Board's jurisdiction by the Court or, absent good cause shown, at the next regularly scheduled meeting if the Court recommends conditional release.

(2) Two-year hearing pursuant to Section 17a-585 of the General Statutes. A hearing in which the status of the acquittee is reviewed will be held not less than once every two years.

(3) Temporary leave hearing pursuant to Section 17a-587 of the General Statutes. A hearing may be held by the Board concerning a superintendent's or Commissioner of Mental Retardation's application for an order authorizing temporary leave and shall be held if requested by the State's Attorney within 10 days of his receipt of the application as sent by the PSRB.

(4) Conditional release or request for recommendation of discharge hearing pursuant to Section 17a-588 (a) and Section 17a-592 (a) of the General Statutes. An application for conditional release or recommendation of discharge pursuant to Sections 17a-588 (a) and 17a-592 (a) may be made by a party designated in those sections at any time. A hearing shall be held within 60 days but not less than 30 days from the receipt by the Board of such an application or recommendation.

(5) Conditional release hearing pursuant to Section 17a-588 (b) of the General Statutes. An acquittee, or another person acting on behalf of the acquittee, may apply for an order of conditional release once in every six month period beginning with the date of the initial commitment hearing before the Board. A hearing on a first application of this type need not be held any sooner than 90 days after the initial commitment hearing. Hearings on subsequent requests will be held within 60 days of the filing of the application.

(6) Modification of conditional release order hearing pursuant to Section 17a-591 of the General Statutes. A hearing on an application of a conditionally released acquittee or a person or agency responsible for the supervision or treatment of a conditionally released acquittee for modification of the conditional release order shall be held within 60 days of the Board's receipt of the application. Unless the conditional release order has been summarily modified pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 17a-594 of the General Statutes, an application by an acquittee for modification of a conditional release order shall not be filed more often than once every six months from the date of the filing of the next preceding application for modification.

(7) Modification or revocation of conditional release hearing pursuant to Section 17a-594 of the General Statutes. When the Board or its Chair, acting pursuant to Section 17a-594 of the General Statutes, has modified or terminated a conditional release and ordered the return of the acquittee to the hospital or to the Commissioner of Mental Retardation, a hearing to determine the mental condition of the acquittee will be held within 30 days after the PSRB receives notice of the return of the acquittee to the hospital or to the Commissioner of Mental Retardation.

(8) Application for discharge hearing pursuant to Section 17a-593 of the General Statutes. Upon receipt of notice from the Court of an acquittee's application for discharge, the Board shall file a report on the application within 90 days to the Court. The Board may hold a hearing prior to filing its report.

(9) Continued confinement hearing pursuant to Section 17a-593 of the General Statutes. Upon receipt of notice from the Court of a petition of the State's Attorney for continued confinement, the Board shall file a report on the petition within 90 days to the Court on the petition. The Board may hold a hearing prior to filing its report.

(10) Consideration of recommendation of discharge hearing pursuant to Section 17a-592 (b) of the General Statutes. Upon deciding to consider whether to recommend the discharge of an acquittee pursuant to Section 17a-592 (b) of the General Statutes, the Board may order a hearing held and shall order a hearing held if the State's Attorney files a request for hearing with the Board within 10 days of his receipt of notification of the Board's decision to consider whether to make such a recommendation. Any such hearing shall be held within 60 days of the Board's decision to consider whether to recommend the discharge of an acquittee.

(Effective May 21, 1992)