Hospitalization of a person due for release from incarceration, but suffering from behavioral health challenges or mental health disorders

19 V.I.C. § 1034 — under Behavioral Health.

19 V.I.C. § 1034

(a) The director of the Bureau of Corrections shall notify the Division of Behavioral Health that the sentence of a person in the custody of the Bureau of Corrections is about to expire and the person is presently suffering from a behavioral health challenge or a mental health disorder as certified by a qualified physician as a result of which the person’s release would create a risk of bodily injury to another person or serious damage to property of another if the person is released into the community.

(b) The Director of Behavioral Health shall notify the Department of Justice and shall proceed under section 1026.