2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 30 - INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES
Section 30:6B-1 - Commitment by court or judicial officer to Veterans Administration or other agency of United States

30:6B-1. Commitment by court or judicial officer to Veterans Administration or other agency of United States
Whenever, in any proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction or before a judicial officer, having jurisdiction thereof, under the laws of this State for the commitment of a person alleged to be of unsound mind or otherwise in need of confinement in a hospital or other institution for his proper care, it is determined after such adjudication of the status of such person as may be required by law that commitment to a hospital for mental disease or other institution is necessary for safekeeping or treatment and it appears that such person is eligible for care or treatment by the Veterans Administration or other agency of the United States Government, the said court or judicial officer, upon receipt of a certificate from the Veterans Administration or such agency showing that facilities are available and that such person is eligible for care or treatment therein, may, subject to the provisions of this act, commit such person to said Veterans Administration or other agency instead of to an institution of this State. Upon any such commitment, such person, when admitted to any facility operated by any such agency within or without this State, shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Veterans Administration or other agency. The chief officer of any facility of the Veterans Administration or institution operated by any other agency of the United States to which the person is so committed shall, with respect to such person, be vested with the same powers as the chief officer of a State institution would have if such person had been committed to a State institution, with respect to the retention of custody, transfer, parole or discharge of such person.

L.1952, c. 76, p. 405, s. 1.