2016 US Code
Title 24 - Hospitals and Asylums
Chapter 9 - Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Nationals Returned From Foreign Countries
Sec. 324 - Care and treatment of eligible persons until transfer and release

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Citation 24 U.S.C. § 324 (2016)
Section Name §324. Care and treatment of eligible persons until transfer and release
Section Text (a) Place of hospitalization

Until the transfer and release of an eligible person pursuant to section 323 of this title, the Secretary is authorized to provide care and treatment for such person at any Federal hospital within or (pursuant to agreement) outside of the Department, or (under contract or other arrangements made without regard to section 6101 of title 41) at any other public or private hospital in any State and, for such purposes, to transfer such person to any such hospital from a place of temporary care provided pursuant to section 322 of this title. In determining the place of such hospitalization, the Secretary shall give due weight to the best interests of the patient.

(b) Ineligible persons

The authority of the Secretary to provide hospitalization for any person under this section shall not apply to any person for whose medical care and treatment any agency of the United States is responsible.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 86–571, §4, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 98–621, §10(r), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3381.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

In subsec. (a), "section 6101 of title 41" substituted for "section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended" on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, §6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

AMENDMENTS

1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–621 substituted "any" for "Saint Elizabeth Hospital, at any other" after "for such person" in first sentence.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–621 effective Oct. 1, 1987, see section 12(b) of Pub. L. 98–621 set out as an Effective Date note under section 225 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 24 - HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 24 - HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
CHAPTER 9 - HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL NATIONALS RETURNED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sec. 324 - Care and treatment of eligible persons until transfer and release
Contains section 324
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 74 Stat. 309
98 Stat. 3381
124 Stat. 3854
Public Law References Public Law 86-571, Public Law 98-621, Public Law 111-350
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