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The Vermont Statutes Online

The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.

NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.

Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Chapter 157 : Insanity as a Defense

(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 4823)
  • § 4823. Findings and order; persons with an intellectual disability

    (a) If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that such person is a person in need of custody, care, and habilitation as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 8839, the court shall issue an order of commitment for up to one year directed to the Commissioner of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living for placement in a designated program in the least restrictive environment consistent with the person’s need for custody, care, and habilitation.

    (b) Such order of commitment shall have the same force and effect as an order issued under 18 V.S.A. chapter 206, subchapter 3 and persons committed under such an order shall have the same status, and the same rights, including the right to receive care and habilitation, to be examined and discharged, and to apply for and obtain judicial review of their cases, as persons ordered committed under 18 V.S.A. chapter 206, subchapter 3.

    (c) [Repealed.] (Added 1987, No. 248 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 2009, No. 154, § 238; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 58; 2023, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. July 1, 2024.)