(a) Any respondent involuntarily committed by the probate court to the custody of the department or designated mental health facility as the court may order, who is entitled to care and treatment at a facility operated by the United States Veterans Administration or other agency of the United States government, may be transferred by the department to the United States Veterans Administration or other agency of the United States on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the department and the Veterans Administration or other agency. Upon such transfer, the committed respondent shall be subject to the applicable regulations of the Veterans Administration or other agency of the United States.
(b) The chief officer of the Veterans Administration Hospital or other facility operated by the United States to which committed respondents are transferred, as provided in subsection (a) or under the law in effect at the time of commitment, shall have the same powers as are exercised by the directors of state mental health facilities with respect to the retention, transfer, treatment or discharge of committed respondents, and such chief officer and the physicians of such facility shall be exempt from attending court as witnesses in the same manner and to the same extent provided by law for directors and physicians of state mental health facilities.
(c) The judgment or order of commitment by a court of competent jurisdiction of another state or of the District of Columbia committing a respondent to the United States Veterans Administration or other agency of the United States government or any facility operated by such administration or agency for care or treatment shall have the same force and effect as to the respondent while in this state as in the state or district in which is situated the court entering such judgment or making such order.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Chapter 52 - Commitment, Discharge and Transfer of Persons in State Institutions.
Article 1 - Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons Generally.
Section 22-52-1.1 - Definitions.
Section 22-52-1.2 - Filing and Contents of Petition Seeking Involuntary Commitment of Another.
Section 22-52-8 - Holding of Probable Cause and Final Hearings Generally.
Section 22-52-9 - Conduct of Hearings.
Section 22-52-10.2 - Findings Necessary for Outpatient Treatment.
Section 22-52-10.3 - Order for Outpatient Treatment.
Section 22-52-10.4 - Findings Necessary for Inpatient Treatment; Order When No Treatment Available.
Section 22-52-10.5 - Facilities for Inpatient Treatment; Length of Treatment; Cost.
Section 22-52-10.7 - Transfer to Another Facility.
Section 22-52-10.10 - Renewal of Outpatient Commitment Order.
Section 22-52-11 - Retention of Jurisdiction by Probate Court Over Person Committed.
Section 22-52-12 - Conveyance of Person Committed to Facility; Expenses of Conveyance.
Section 22-52-12.1 - Designated Mental Health Facilities; Standards of Care.
Section 22-52-12.2 - Renewal Petition Time Limit for Certain Patients.
Section 22-52-14 - Payment of Costs.