25-10-111. Commitment or transfer to federal hospital; effect of orders by courts of other jurisdictions; powers of federal facility.
(a) The court, when ordering involuntary hospitalization pursuant to W.S. 25-10-110(j), may order a person hospitalized in a hospital or facility operated by the veterans' administration or another federal agency, if the court has received a certificate from the agency showing that facilities are available and that the patient is eligible for treatment therein.
(b) An order of a court of competent jurisdiction of another state or of the District of Columbia, authorizing hospitalization of a person by an agency of the United States, has the same force and effect as to the person while in this state as in the jurisdiction in which the order was made.
(c) Upon receipt of a certificate from the veterans' administration or another federal agency that facilities are available for treatment of a patient involuntarily hospitalized under W.S. 25-10-110 and that the patient is eligible for treatment therein, the head of a hospital may transfer the patient to the veterans' administration or other federal agency for treatment. The court which ordered involuntary hospitalization shall be notified of the transfer by the hospital. No person shall be transferred if he is confined pursuant to a conviction for a crime or if he has been acquitted of a criminal charge solely on the ground of mental illness or deficiency, unless, prior to the transfer, the court which committed the person enters an order for the transfer after appropriate motion and hearing.
(d) Upon admission to a federal facility pursuant to this section, the patient is subject to the rules and regulations of the veterans' administration or other federal agency. The chief officer of the federal facility in which the patient is hospitalized has the same powers as the head of the state hospital with respect to retention, transfer, release and discharge of patients.