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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81073</law_id><section_number>16.1-278.11</section_number><catch_line>Mental illness and intellectual disability</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Disposition</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In cases involving a person who is involuntarily admitted because of a mental illness or is judicially certified as eligible for admission to a training center for persons with intellectual disability, <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026). Applicability of chapter" href="/37.2-800/">37.2-800</a> et seq.) of Title 37.2. A child shall not be committed pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abused, neglected, or abandoned children or children without parental care" href="/16.1-278.2/">16.1-278.2</a> through <a class="law" title="Delinquent juveniles" href="/16.1-278.8/">16.1-278.8</a> or the provisions of Title 37.2 to a maximum security unit within any state hospital where <span class="dictionary">adults</span> determined to be criminally insane reside.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 534; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
