W. Va. Code § 27-1-9: Mental health facility.

"Mental health facility" means any inpatient, residential or outpatient facility for the care and treatment of the mentally ill, intellectually disabled or addicted which is operated, or licensed to operate, by the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification and includes state hospitals as defined in §27-1-6 of this code. The term also includes veterans administration hospitals, but does not include any regional jail, juvenile or adult correctional facility, or juvenile detention facility.