§ 703. Transfer to the Department of Mental Health
(a) If it becomes necessary to transfer a person who is under the supervision of the Department of Mental Health, the transfer shall be accomplished in accordance with the provisions of part 8 of Title 18.
(b) When a person is so transferred, he or she shall be subject to the supervision of the Commissioner of Mental Health except that the time during which the person is in the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Health shall be computed as part of the term for which he or she was sentenced. He or she shall continue to be eligible for good behavior reductions pursuant to section 811 of this title, and he or she shall continue to be eligible for parole pursuant to chapter 7 of this title. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 15, § 22.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections
Chapter 11 - Supervision of Adult Inmates at the Correctional Facilities
§ 701. Commitment to the custody of the Commissioner
§ 701a. Segregation of inmates with a serious functional impairment
§ 701b. Classification of persons or defendants
§ 702. Transfer between facilities of the Department
§ 703. Transfer to the Department of Mental Health
§ 704. Disposition when person recovers
§ 705. Hospitalization upon expiration of sentence
§ 706. Transfer to federal correctional facility
§ 707. Confinement of persons convicted by U.S. courts
§ 721. Offender reintegration; State policy
§ 723. Community supervision furlough
§ 724. Terms and conditions of community supervision furlough
§ 725. Parole hearing for offenders on community supervision furlough
§ 751b. General provisions governing offender work
§ 752. Offender Work Programs Special Fund
§ 754. Powers and responsibilities of the Department regarding the work release program
§ 755. Disposition of earnings
§ 757. Inmate not an agent of the State
§ 759. Employment and furlough of an inmate during the pendency of prosecution
§ 760. Compensation of offenders
§ 761. Offender work programs expansion
§ 801. Medical care of inmates
§ 801b. Medication-assisted treatment in correctional facilities
§ 802. Correspondence of inmates
§ 802a. Telephone use; debit and collect call systems
§ 803. Exercise of religious beliefs
§ 804. Right of inmates to confer with counsel
§ 805. Counsel for an inmate confined during the pendency of prosecution
§ 808. Temporary furloughs granted to offenders
§ 808d. Definition; eligible misdemeanor
§ 808e. Absconding from furlough; warrant
§ 809. Pardons; application; notice; hearing; decision
§ 810. Conditional pardon; breach
§ 811. Work camps; reduction of term
§ 812. Denial of good time credit
§ 813. Restoration of reductions
§ 814. Appointment of agent, attorney, or trustee for an inmate
§ 815. Development of guidelines; visitation and recreation
§ 817. Creation of work camps; intent
§ 818. Earned time; reduction of term
§ 852. Disciplinary committee; hearing
§ 853. Punishment; maintenance of records; recommendation of transfer
§ 856. Special management meals
§ 857. Administrative segregation; procedural requirements
§ 901. Evaluation and treatment facilities
§ 902. Commitment and sentencing
§ 903. Access to treatment pending appeal; rule
§ 907. Mental health service for inmates; powers and responsibilities of Commissioner