{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-202a.221","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 202A.221","heading":"Hospital care or treatment by agency of United States.","body":"(1) If an individual ordered to be hospitalized pursuant to this chapter is eligible for\nhospital care or treatment by any agency of the United States, the court, upon receipt\nof certificate from such agency showing that facilities are available and that the\nindividual is eligible for care or treatment therein, may order him to be placed in the\ncustody of such agency for hospitalization.  When any such individual is admitted\npursuant to the order of such court to any hospital or institution operated by any\nagency of the United States within or without the state, he shall be subject to the\nrules and regulations of such agency.  The authorized staff physician of any hospital\nor institution operated by such agency and in which the individual is so hospitalized\nshall with respect to such individuals be vested with the same powers as the\nauthorized staff physicians of hospitals within the state with respect to detention,\ncustody, transfer, conditional release or discharge of patients.  Jurisdiction is\nretained in the appropriate courts of this state at any time to inquire into the mental\ncondition of an individual so hospitalized and to determine the necessity for\ncontinuance of the hospitalization, and every order of hospitalization issued\npursuant to this section is so conditioned.\n(2) An order of court of competent jurisdiction of another state or the District of\nColumbia authorizing hospitalization of an individual by any agency of the United\nStates shall have the same force and effect as to the individual while in  this state as\nin the jurisdiction in which is situated the court entering the order; the courts or the\ndistrict issuing the order shall be deemed to have retained jurisdiction of the\nindividual so hospitalized for the purpose of inquiring into his mental condition and\ndetermining the necessity for continuance of his hospitalization as is provided in\nsubsection (1) of this section with respect to individuals ordered hospitalized by the\ncourts of this state.  Consent is hereby given to the application of the  law of the\ndistrict in which is located the court issuing the order for hospitalization with\nrespect to the authority of the chief officer of any hospital or institution operated in\nthis state by any agency of the United States to retain custody, transfer ,\nconditionally release, or discharge the individual hospitalized.","path":["KRS Chapter 202A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=7492","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:00Z","sha256":"2f8f34692bdf1d8f93d8ae1227af51a0a3b672f2f933232146f6e664b366ff27","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-202a.220","next":"us-ky/krs-202a.231"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}