When the court orders the admission of a person to Forest Haven as a public patient or when a person is admitted to Forest Haven as a patient under section 21-1108A, and it appears then or thereafter that the patient has an estate out of which the Government may be reimbursed for his maintenance, in whole or in part, the court shall order the payment out of the estate of the whole or such part of the cost of maintenance of the patient at the institution as it deems just, regard being had for the needs of those having a legal right to support out of the estate. The order shall remain in full force and effect unless modified by the court. Upon the death of the substantially retarded person while an inmate at the institution, or within five years after his discharge therefrom, his estate is liable to the District of Columbia for the cost of his maintenance at the institution, and the claim of the District of Columbia is a preferred claim.
CREDIT(S)
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 769, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 568, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 150(g)(1)(A); Oct. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 1087, Pub. L. 91-490, § 2(a)(1), (2), (5).)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 21-1110.
1973 Ed., § 21-1110.
References in Text
Section 21-1108A, referred to in the first sentence of this section, was repealed by the Act of March 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 604(a)(1).