§ 33-16-28 - Effect of commitments by foreign courts.
SECTION 33-16-28
§ 33-16-28 Effect of commitments byforeign courts. – The judgment or order of commitment by a court of competent jurisdiction ofanother state or of the District of Columbia committing a person to theveterans administration, or other agency of the United States government forcare or treatment shall have the same force and effect as to the committedperson while in this state as in the jurisdiction in which is situated thecourt entering the judgment or making the order; and the courts of thecommitting state, or the District of Columbia, shall be deemed to have retainedjurisdiction of the person committed for the purpose of inquiring into themental condition of the person, and of determining the necessity forcontinuance of his or her restraint as is provided in § 33-16-27 withrespect to persons committed by the courts of this state. Consent is herebygiven to the application of the law of the committing state or district inrespect to the authority of the chief officer of any facility of the veteransadministration, or of any institution operated in this state by any otheragency of the United States, to retain custody, or transfer, parole, ordischarge the committed person.