{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-72-72-197","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 72, § 72-197","heading":"Treatment in institution - Commitment - Transfer","body":"(1) Whenever, in any proceeding under the laws of this state for\n\nthe commitment of a person alleged to be of unsound mind or\n\notherwise in need of confinement in a hospital or other institution\n\nfor his proper care, it is determined after such adjudication of the\n\nstatus of such person as may be required by law that commitment to a\n\nhospital for mental disease or other institution is necessary for\n\nsafekeeping or treatment and it appears that such person is eligible\n\nfor care or treatment by the Veterans Administration or other agency\n\nof the United States Government, the court, upon receipt of a\n\ncertificate from the Veterans Administration or such other agency\n\nshowing that facilities are available and that such person is\n\neligible for care or treatment therein, may commit such person to\n\nsaid Veterans Administration or other agency. The person whose\n\ncommitment is sought shall be personally served with notice of the\n\npending commitment proceeding in the manner as provided by the laws\n\nof this state; and nothing in this act shall affect his right to\n\nappear and be heard in the proceedings. Upon commitment, such\n\nperson, when admitted to any facility operated by any such agency\n\nwithin or without this state shall be subject to the rules and\n\nregulations of the Veterans Administration or other agency. The\n\nchief officer of any facility of the Veterans Administration or\n\ninstitution operated by any other agency of the United States to\n\nwhich the person is so committed shall with respect to such person\n\nbe vested with the same powers as superintendents of state hospitals\n\nfor mental diseases within this state with respect to retention of\n\ncustody, transfer, parole or discharge. Jurisdiction is retained in\n\nthe committing or other appropriate court of this state at any time\n\nto inquire into the mental condition of the person so committed, and\n\nto determine the necessity for continuance of his restraint, and all\n\ncommitments pursuant to this act are so conditioned.\n\n(2) The judgment or order of commitment by a court of competent\n\njurisdiction of another state or of the District of Columbia,\n\ncommitting a person to the Veterans Administration, or other agency\n\nof the United States Government for care or treatment shall have the\n\nsame force and effect as to the committed person while in this state\n\nas in the jurisdiction in which is situated the court entering the\n\njudgment or making the order; and the courts of the committing\n\nstate, or of the District of Columbia, shall be deemed to have\n\nretained jurisdiction of the person so committed for the purpose of\n\ninquiring into the mental condition of such person, and of\n\ndetermining the necessity for continuance of his restraint; as is\n\nprovided in subsection (1) of this section with respect to persons\n\ncommitted by the courts of this state. Consent is hereby given to\n\nthe application of the law of the committing state or district in\n\nrespect to the authority of the chief officer of any facility of the\n\nVeterans Administration, or of any institution operated in this\n\nstate by any other agency of the United States to retain custody, or\n\ntransfer, parole or discharge the committed person.\npersons\n\ncommitted by the courts of this state. Consent is hereby given to\n\nthe application of the law of the committing state or district in\n\nrespect to the authority of the chief officer of any facility of the\n\nVeterans Administration, or of any institution operated in this\n\nstate by any other agency of the United States to retain custody, or\n\ntransfer, parole or discharge the committed person.\n\n(3) Upon receipt of a certificate of the Veterans Administration\n\nor such other agency of the United States that facilities are\n\navailable for the care or treatment of any person heretofore\n\ncommitted to any hospital for the insane or other institution for\n\nthe care or treatment of persons similarly afflicted and that such\n\nperson is eligible for care or treatment, the superintendent of the\n\ninstitution may cause the transfer of such person to the Veterans\n\nAdministration or other agency of the United States for care or\n\ntreatment. Upon effecting any such transfer, the committing court\n\nor proper officer thereof shall be notified thereof by the\n\ntransferring agency. No person shall be transferred to the Veterans\n\nAdministration or other agency of the United States if he be\n\nconfined pursuant to conviction of any felony or misdemeanor or if\n\nhe has been acquitted of the charge solely on the ground of\n\ninsanity, unless prior to transfer the court or other authority\n\noriginally committing such person shall enter an order for such\n\ntransfer after appropriate motion and hearing.\n\nAny person transferred as provided in this section shall be\n\ndeemed to be committed to the Veterans Administration or other\n\nagency of the United States pursuant to the original commitment.","path":["OK Code","Title 72"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os72.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"cb2df0bb53112050b196a538a13ea0390de72ed0db316ad13649ec449e7b9757","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-72-72-196","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-72-72-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}