District of Columbia § 21-908 Care in a Veterans’ Administration facility.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 21-908 — Care in a Veterans’ Administration facility.

District of Columbia § 21-908

Title 21Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]

Ch. 9Persons with Mental Illness Found in Certain Federal Reservations.

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D.C. Code § 21-908 (2026).

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(a)If a person adjudicated to be a person with mental illness under this chapter is entitled to care and treatment in a Veterans’ Administration facility, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia may commit him to the custody of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs for placement in an available facility, or the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital may transfer him to such a facility.

(b)This chapter does not limit, restrict, or deprive the courts of a State or the District of Columbia of jurisdiction to commit to the Veterans’ Administration a person with mental illness entitled to care and treatment by the Veterans’ Administration in accordance with the laws of the State or the District of Columbia.

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(a) If a person adjudicated to be a person with mental illness under this chapter is entitled to care and treatment in a Veterans’ Administration facility, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia may commit him to the custody of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs for placement in an available facility, or the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital may transfer him to such a facility.

(b) This chapter does not limit, restrict, or deprive the courts of a State or the District of Columbia of jurisdiction to commit to the Veterans’ Administration a person with mental illness entitled to care and treatment by the Veterans’ Administration in accordance with the laws of the State or the District of Columbia.