Maryland Code, Health-General § 10-808

(c)(1) The Director may transfer an individual from a facility to a Veterans' Administration hospital in this State, if the individual is entitled to benefits in that hospital.

(2) After the transfer, the chief officer of the Veterans' Administration hospital has all the powers and rights of the Administration as to that individual.

(d)(1) If a court of competent jurisdiction of any other state commits an individual to a federal agency for care or treatment, the commitment judgment or order affects the individual, while the individual is in this State, to the extent that the judgment or order would affect the individual in the other state.

(2) The courts of the committing state have continuing jurisdiction over the committed individual to inquire into the mental condition of that individual and determine the need to continue commitment.

(3) Retention, custody, transfer, parole, and release of the committed individual are governed by the law of the committing state.

(e)(1) The administrative head of a facility may transfer any individual to a federal agency for care or treatment if the federal agency certifies that facilities are available for the individual and that the individual is eligible for care or treatment.

(2) The facility shall give a proper officer of the court that ordered commitment notice of the transfer when it is made.

(3) An individual may not be transferred under this subsection if the individual is confined under a conviction of a crime or if the individual is committed under Title 12 of this article unless, after appropriate motion and hearing, the court or other authority that committed the individual orders the transfer.