KRS 202A.221: Hospital care or treatment by agency of United States.

(1) If an individual ordered to be hospitalized pursuant to this chapter is eligible for

hospital care or treatment by any agency of the United States, the court, upon receipt

of certificate from such agency showing that facilities are available and that the

individual is eligible for care or treatment therein, may order him to be placed in the

custody of such agency for hospitalization. When any such individual is admitted

pursuant to the order of such court to any hospital or institution operated by any

agency of the United States within or without the state, he shall be subject to the

rules and regulations of such agency. The authorized staff physician of any hospital

or institution operated by such agency and in which the individual is so hospitalized

shall with respect to such individuals be vested with the same powers as the

authorized staff physicians of hospitals within the state with respect to detention,

custody, transfer, conditional release or discharge of patients. Jurisdiction is

retained in the appropriate courts of this state at any time to inquire into the mental

condition of an individual so hospitalized and to determine the necessity for

continuance of the hospitalization, and every order of hospitalization issued

pursuant to this section is so conditioned.

(2) An order of court of competent jurisdiction of another state or the District of

Columbia authorizing hospitalization of an individual by any agency of the United

States shall have the same force and effect as to the individual while in this state as

in the jurisdiction in which is situated the court entering the order; the courts or the

district issuing the order shall be deemed to have retained jurisdiction of the

individual so hospitalized for the purpose of inquiring into his mental condition and

determining the necessity for continuance of his hospitalization as is provided in

subsection (1) of this section with respect to individuals ordered hospitalized by the

courts of this state. Consent is hereby given to the application of the law of the

district in which is located the court issuing the order for hospitalization with

respect to the authority of the chief officer of any hospital or institution operated in

this state by any agency of the United States to retain custody, transfer ,

conditionally release, or discharge the individual hospitalized.