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HB2474: Involuntary commitment; county police department to provide transportation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 37.2-810 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 37.2-810. Transportation of person in the temporary detention process.
A. The magistrate issuing the temporary detention order shall specify the law-enforcement agency and jurisdiction that shall execute the temporary detention order and provide transportation. The magistrate shall specify in the temporary detention order the law-enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the person resides to execute the order and provide transportation. However, if the nearest boundary of the jurisdiction in which the person resides is more than 50 miles from the nearest boundary of the jurisdiction in which the person is located, the law-enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the person is located shall execute the order and provide transportation. The order may include transportation of the person to such other medical facility as may be necessary to obtain emergency medical evaluation or treatment prior to placement. If the law-enforcement agency is a town agency and no town law-enforcement officer is reasonably available, the magistrate shall specify in the order that the county police department or sheriff shall provide the transportation. Nothing herein shall preclude a law-enforcement officer from obtaining emergency medical treatment or further medical evaluation at any time for a person in his custody as provided in this section. Such evaluation or treatment shall be conducted immediately in accordance with state and federal law.
B. A law-enforcement officer may lawfully go to or be sent beyond the territorial limits of the county, city, or town in which he serves to any point in the Commonwealth for the purpose of executing any temporary detention order pursuant to this section. Law-enforcement agencies may enter into agreements to facilitate the execution of temporary detention orders and provide transportation.
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