N.J. Stat. tit. 30, ch. 6B

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 30:6B-1 Commitment to Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States.

1. If it is determined in a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for the commitment of a person alleged to be mentally incapacitated or otherwise in need of confinement in a psychiatric hospital or other institution for the person's proper care, treatment, or safekeeping, that commitment is necessary and that the person is eligible for care or treatment by the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States, the court may commit the person to the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency instead of to a State institution, upon receipt of a certificate from the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency showing that facilities are available and that the person is eligible for care or treatment therein, subject to the provisions of this act. Upon commitment, and when admitted to a facility operated by any such agency, the person shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency. The chief officer of a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs or institution operated by the other agency to which the person is committed shall, with respect to the retention of the person's custody, transfer, parole, or discharge, be vested with the same powers as that of the chief officer of a State institution if the person had been committed to a State institution. L.1952, c.76, s.1; amended 2013, c.103, s.89.

N.J. Stat. § 30:6B-2 Jurisdiction notwithstanding commitment; modification

The court or judicial officer of this State making any such commitment shall have jurisdiction of such person notwithstanding such commitment and may thereafter, at any time, inquire into the mental condition of the person so committed and may determine the necessity for continuance of his restraint, and all such commitments pursuant to this act shall be deemed to be subject to modification or alteration, and in no case shall any such commitment be a final disposition of the custody of any such person. L.1952, c. 76, p. 406, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 30:6B-3 Persons committed from other states or District of Columbia; jurisdiction

Any judgment or order of commitment by a court of competent jurisdiction of another State or of the District of Columbia, committing a person to the Veterans Administration, or other agency of the United States Government for care or treatment, shall have the same force and effect as to the committed person while in this State as in the jurisdiction in which is situated the court entering the judgment or making the order; and the courts of the committing State, or of the District of Columbia, shall be deemed to have retained jurisdiction of the person so committed for the purpose of inquiring into the mental condition of such person, and of determining the necessity for continuance of his restraint. Consent is hereby given to the application of the law of the committing State or District in respect to the authority of the chief officer of any facility of the Veterans Administration, or of any institution operated in this State by any other agency of the United States to retain custody, or transfer, parole or discharge the committed person, but nothing contained herein shall deprive any court of competent jurisdiction in this State of its general jurisdiction in respect to such persons, as in the case of other persons in this State. L.1952, c. 76, p. 407, s. 3.

N.J. Stat. § 30:6B-4 Transfer of eligible persons.

4. Upon receipt of a certificate of the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States that facilities are available for the care or treatment of a person committed to an institution for the care and treatment of persons who are mentally incapacitated and that the person is eligible for care or treatment, the chief officer of the institution may, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Human Services or of the court having jurisdiction over the person, transfer the person to the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency for care or treatment. A person transferred as provided in this section shall be deemed committed to the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency, pursuant to the original commitment. L.1952, c.76, s.4; amended 1957, c.138; 2013, c.103, s.90.

N.J. Stat. § 30:6B-5 Criminal offenses, persons charged with or convicted of

The provisions of this act shall have no application to the commitment of any person charged with or convicted of a criminal offense. L.1952, c. 76, p. 408, s. 5.

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