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2006 SESSION
063396808Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-182.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-182.4. Confinement and treatment; interfacility transfers; out-of-hospital visits; notice of change in treatment.
Upon commitment of an acquittee for inpatient hospitalization,
the Commissioner shall determine the appropriate placement for him, based on
his clinical needs and security requirements. The Commissioner may make
interfacility transfers and treatment and management decisions regarding
acquittees in his custody without obtaining prior approval of or review by the
committing court. If the Commissioner is of the opinion that a temporary visit
from the hospital would be therapeutic for the acquittee and that such visit
would pose no substantial danger to others, the
Commissioner may grant such petition the committing court for court approval for a visit not
to exceed forty-eight hours. No such visit shall be allowed without court approval. The court may hold a hearing on
the appropriateness of granting such a visit. The Commissioner
shall notify the attorney for the Commonwealth for the committing jurisdiction
in writing of the filing of a petition for a temporary visit and
of changes in an acquittee's course of treatment which will
involve petitioning for authorization for the
acquittee to leave the grounds of the hospital in which he is confined.