30:4-27.21. Transfer of patients

21. a. A person involuntarily committed to a State psychiatric facility listed in R.S.30:1-7 may be transferred to another State psychiatric facility in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner that specify the clinical and programmatic factors and the procedures related to the transfer.

b. A person involuntarily committed to a State psychiatric facility may be transferred to a facility for psychiatric or medical care pursuant to an agreement between the department and that facility which specifies the clinical and programmatic factors and the procedures related to the transfer.

c. A developmentally disabled person who resides in a State developmental center or other residential functional services placement for the developmentally disabled who is in need of involuntary commitment shall be involuntarily committed to a State or county psychiatric facility. As a result of the involuntary commitment, the physical transfer of the developmentally disabled person from the developmental center or other residential functional services placement to a State or county psychiatric facility and from the facility back to the developmental center or other residential functional services placement shall be on a two-way commissioner's order of transfer, which order shall be in effect for as long as the person is involuntarily committed. The person is not required to file a new application for functional services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities upon transfer back to the developmental center or other residential functional services placement. The person's legal settlement shall remain unchanged and the person shall not gain or lose legal settlement because of the transfers.

L.1987,c.116,s.21; amended 1995,c.155,s.8.