30:6B-1 - Commitment by court or judicial officer to Veterans Administration or other agency of United States - New Jersey Statutes

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.