(a) If a person adjudicated to be a mentally ill person 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 mentally ill person entitled to care and treatment by the Veterans' Administration in accordance with the laws of the State or the District of Columbia.
CREDIT(S)
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 765, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 21-908.
1973 Ed., § 21-908.