Bill Text: CT SB01057 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 1057 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Advance Directives For The Disposition, Custody And Control Of The Body Of A Person For Whom A Conservator Of The Person Has Been Appointed.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-23 - House Calendar Number 548 [SB01057 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB01057-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 1057*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 3730
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING ADVANCE DIRECTIVES FOR THE DISPOSITION, CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE BODY OF A PERSON FOR WHOM A CONSERVATOR OF THE PERSON HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 45a-656 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

(a) The conservator of the person shall have the duties and authority expressly assigned by the court pursuant to section 45a-650, which duties and authority may include: (1) The duty and responsibility for the general custody of the conserved person; (2) the authority to establish the conserved person's residence within the state, subject to the provisions of section 45a-656b; (3) the authority to give consent for the conserved person's medical or other professional care, counsel, treatment or service; (4) the duty to provide for the care, comfort and maintenance of the conserved person; [and] (5) the duty to take reasonable care of the conserved person's personal effects; and (6) the authority to execute a written document in advance of the conserved person's death, in accordance with section 45a-318, as amended by this act, directing the disposition of such conserved person's body upon the death of such person or designating an individual to have custody and control of the disposition of such person's body upon the death of such person.

Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 45a-318 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

(a) Any person eighteen years of age or older, and of sound mind, or any conservator of the person authorized pursuant to subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 45a-656, as amended by this act, to act on behalf of the conserved person, may execute in advance of such person's death a written document, subscribed by such person or conservator and attested by two witnesses, either: (1) Directing the disposition of such person's body upon the death of such person, which document may also designate an individual to have custody and control of such person's body and to act as agent to carry out such directions; or (2) if there are no directions for disposition, designating an individual to have custody and control of the disposition of such person's body upon the death of such person. Such disposition shall include, but not be limited to, cremation, incineration, disposition of cremains, burial, method of interment and cryogenic preservation. Any such document may designate an alternate to an individual designated under subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection.