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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 27. Mentally Ill Persons » Article 8. Maintenance of Mentally Ill or Mentally Retarded Patients

§27-8-1. Maintenance of Patients; Patient Assets; Reimbursement Procedures

The cost of the maintenance of patients admitted to the state hospitals shall be paid out of funds appropriated for the department, but the state hospitals, through the director of health, shall have a right of reimbursement, for all or any part of such maintenance from each patient or from the committee or guardian of […]

§27-8-3. Care of Patients in Boarding Homes

The director of health may, upon the recommendation of the superintendent of the state hospital, provide care in a suitable boarding home for any patient in a state hospital, if the condition of the patient is such that his and the public welfare will not be prejudiced thereby. A patient in a boarding home shall […]