The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 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.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 7903)
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§ 7903. Transfers to federal facilities
Upon receipt of a certificate from an agency of the United States that accommodations
are available for the care of any individual hospitalized under this part of this
title, and that the individual is eligible for care or treatment in a hospital or
institution of that agency, the Commissioner may cause his or her transfer to that
agency for hospitalization. The judge who ordered the individual to be hospitalized,
and the attorney, guardian, if any, spouse, and parent or parents, or if none be known,
an interested party, in that order, shall be notified immediately of the transfer
by the Commissioner. No person may be transferred to an agency of the United States
if he or she is confined pursuant to conviction of any felony or misdemeanor, or if
he or she has been acquitted of a criminal charge solely on the ground of mental illness,
unless prior to transfer the judge who originally ordered hospitalization of such
person enters an order for the transfer after appropriate motion and hearing. Any
person so transferred shall be deemed to be hospitalized by that agency pursuant to
the original order of hospitalization. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 150b.)