(a) The Commissioner may receive and use for the purposes of community behavioral health services, for purposes of facilities for the persons with intellectual disabilities and for other purposes of this chapter, money appropriated by the Government of the Virgin Islands, grants by the federal government, gifts from individuals and gifts from any other sources.
(b) All indigent patients must be kept and maintained at a behavioral health facility at the expense of the Government of the Virgin Islands.
(c) All non-indigent patients must be kept and maintained at a behavioral health facility at their own expense or at the expense of persons legally responsible for the support of the person.
(d) If it is found that a person utilizing the provisions of this chapter is non-indigent and is adjudged to have behavioral disorder or substance use disorder under this chapter, or that some other person is legally liable for the adjudged support of the person, the judge may, from time to time, upon request of the Commissioner or the Chair of the Virgin Islands Government Health and Hospitals Facility Corporation Board of Directors, cite the guardian of the person, or another person legally liable for the person’s support. The individuals, if cited, must appear at the time fixed in the citation, and show cause as to why the Government of the Virgin Islands should not have judgment for the amount due it for the support and maintenance of the person. If sufficient cause is not shown, judgment may be entered against the guardian or such other person for the amount found to be due to the Government. The judgment may be enforced pursuant to applicable law.
(e) The Attorney General shall appear and represent the Government in all proceedings under this section.
(f) The Commissioner or the Virgin Islands Government Health and Hospitals Facility Corporation Board of Directors may charge a rate for the services that are provided pursuant to this chapter at a rate that is reasonable and customary in the community. The certificate of the Commissioner of Health or the Chair of the Virgin Islands Government Health and Hospitals Facility Corporation Board of Directors as to the amount due is sufficient evidence to authorize the court to render judgment.