Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 71 Mental Illness - Section 71.09.112 Department of social and health services -- Jurisdiction continues after criminal conviction -- Exception

§ 71.09.112. Department of social and health services -- Jurisdiction continues after criminal conviction -- Exception

A person subject to court order under the provisions of this chapter who is thereafter convicted of a criminal offense remains under the jurisdiction of the department following: (1) Completion of the criminal sentence; or (2) release from confinement in a state or local correctional facility, and shall be returned to the custody of the department.

This section does not apply to persons subject to a court order under the provisions of this chapter who are thereafter sentenced to life without the possibility of release.

[2002 c 19 § 1.]

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