{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-908","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 21-908","heading":"Care in a Veterans’ Administration facility.","body":"(a)\nIf a person adjudicated to be a person with mental illness under this chapter is entitled to care and treatment in a Veterans’ Administration facility, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia may commit him to the custody of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs for placement in an available facility, or the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital may transfer him to such a facility.\n\n(b)\nThis chapter does not limit, restrict, or deprive the courts of a State or the District of Columbia of jurisdiction to commit to the Veterans’ Administration a person with mental illness entitled to care and treatment by the Veterans’ Administration in accordance with the laws of the State or the District of Columbia.","path":["Title 21. Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]","Chapter 9. Persons with Mental Illness Found in Certain Federal Reservations."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/21-908","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d750f85821a7876e8da194b0e1e5da3fae466783e5454f50aa97fc3e2599beb6","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-907","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-909"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}