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§ 247c. Grants for assisting in the areawide planning of health and related facilities.

There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and $5,000,000 for each of the next four fiscal years to enable the Surgeon General to make grants to the appropriate State agency or agencies designated in accordance with section 291d(a)(1) of this title to cover not to exceed 50 per centum of the costs of projects for developing (and from time to time revising) and supervising and assisting in the carrying out of comprehensive regional, metropolitan area, or other local area plans for coordination of existing and planned health facilities, and facilities related thereto, and services provided by such facilities. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 318, as added Aug. 18, 1964, Pub. L. 88-443, § 2, 78 Stat. 447.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Aug. 18, 1964, see section 3(b) of Pub. L. 88-443, set out as a note under section 291 of this title. § 248. Control and management of hospitals; furnishing prosthetic and orthopedic devices; transfer of patients; disposal of articles produced by patients; disposal of money and effects of deceased patients; payment of burial expenses.

The Surgeon General, pursuant to regulations, shall

(a) Control, manage, and operate all institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service, including minor repairs and maintenance, and provide for the care, treatment, and hospitalization of patients, including the furnishing of prosthetic and orthopedic devices, and tobacco; and from time to time, with the approval of the President, select suitable sites for and establish such additional institutions, hospitals, and stations in the States and possessions of the United States as in his judgment are necessary to enable the Service to discharge its functions and duties;

(b) Provide for the transfer of Public Health Service patients, in the care of attendants where necessary, between hospitals and stations operated by the Service or between such hospitals and stations and other hospitals and stations in which Public Health Service patients may be received, and the payment of expenses of such transfer;

(c) Provide for the disposal of articles produced by patients in the course of their curative treatment, either by allowing the patient to retain such articles or by selling them and depositing the money received therefor to the credit of the appropriation from which the materials for making the articles were purchased;

(d) Provide for the disposal of money and effects, in the custody of the hospitals or stations, of deceased patients; and

(e) Provide, to the extent the Surgeon General determines that other public or private funds are not available therefor, for the payment of expenses of preparing and transporting the remains of, or the payment of reasonable burial expenses for, any patient dying in a hospital or station. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 321, 58 Stat. 695; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 2, 62 Stat. 1017.)

1948

AMENDMENTS

Subsec. (a). Act June 25, 1948, § 2(a), continued the authority of the Service to furnish tobacco to patients being treated by it.

Subsec. (e). Act June 25, 1948, § 2(b), added subsec. (e) to provide authority to pay certain burial expenses. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of the President delegated to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see Ex. Ord. No. 11140, Jan. 30, 1964, 29 F.R. 1637, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

§ 249. Medical care and treatment of seamen and certain other persons; foreign seamen; certain quarantined persons; temporary treatment in emergency cases; authorization for outside treatment. (a) The following persons shall be entitled, in accordance with regulations, to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization without charge at hospitals and other stations of the Service:

(1) Seamen employed on vessels of the United States registered, enrolled, and licensed under the maritime laws thereof, other than canal boats engaged in the coasting trade;

(2) Seamen employed on United States or foreign flag vessels as employees of the United States through the War Shipping Administration;

(3) Seamen, not enlisted or commissioned in the military or naval establishments, who are enployed on State school ships or on vessels of the United States Government of more than five tons' burden;

(4) Cadets at State maritime academies or on State training ships;

(5) Seamen on vessels of the Mississippi River Commission and, upon application of their commanding officers, officers and crews of vessels of the Fish and Wildlife Service;

(6) Enrollees in the United States Maritime Service on active duty and members of the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps;

(7) Employees and noncommissioned officers in the field service of the Public Health Service when injured or taken sick in line of duty; and

(8) Persons who own vessels registered, enrolled, or licensed under the maritime laws of the United States, who are engaged in commercial fishing operations, and who accompany such vessels on such fishing operations, and a substantial part of whose services in connection with such fishing operations are comparable to services performed by seamen employed on such vessel or on vessels engaged in similar operations.

(b) When suitable accommodations are available, seamen on foreign-flag vessels may be given medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization on application of the master, owner, or agent of the vessel at hospitals and other stations of the Service at rates fixed by regulations. All expenses connected with such treatment, including burial in the event of death, shall be paid by such master, owner, or agent. No such vessel shall be granted clearance until such expenses are paid or their payment appropriately guaranteed to the Collector of Customs.

tion and Naturalization Service, any person detained by that Service, may be treated and cared for by the Public Health Service.

(d) Persons not entitled to treatment and care at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service may, in accordance with regulations of the Surgeon General, be admitted thereto for temporary treatment and care in case of emergency.

(e) Persons entitled to care and treatment under subsection (a) of this section and persons whose care and treatment is authorized by subsection (c) of this section may, in accordance with regulations, receive such care and treatment at the expense of the Service from public or private medical or hospital facilities other than those of the Service, when authorized by the officer in charge of the station at which the application is made. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 322, 58 Stat. 696; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 3, 62 Stat. 1018; Aug. 13, 1964, Pub. L. 88-424, 78 Stat. 398.)

AMENDMENTS

1964 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88-424 added par. (8). 1948-Subsec. (e). Act June 25, 1948, permitted the Service to provide for the care and treatment of individuals detained in accordance with our quarantine laws. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of Justice and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Attorney General, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3173, 64 Stat. 1261, set out as a note under section 291 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Immigration and Naturalization Service, referred to in this section, is a bureau in the Department of Justice.

TERMINATION OF WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION

By section 202 of act July 8, 1946, ch. 543, Title 2, 60 Stat. 501, the War Shipping Administration was terminated as of Sept. 1, 1946, and all its functions, powers, duties, etc., transferred to the United States Maritime Commission for the period from Sept. 1, 1946, to Dec. 31, 1946, for the purpose of liquidating the Administration.

FOREIGN SEAMEN

Section 710 (c) of act July 1, 1944, as renumbered by acts Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049, which gave foreign seamen the same benefits as accorded seamen employed on United States vessels under subsec. (a) (1) of this section, was repealed effective Jan. 25, 1948, by Joint Res. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, § 2 (b), 61 Stat. 451.

CROSS REFERENCES

Third party tort liability to United States for hospital and medical care, except for treatment of seamen, see section 2651 et seq. of this title.

United States Maritime Service administrative enrollees acquiring civil service status not entitled to health benefits of this section, see section 1126 of Title 46, Shipping.

§ 250. Medical care and treatment of Federal prisoners. The Service shall supervise and furnish medical treatment and other necessary medical, psychiatric, and related technical and scientific services, authorized by sections 751 and 752 of Title 18, in penal and correctional institutions of the United States. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 323, 58 Stat. 697.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 751 and 752 of Title 18, referred to in the text, were repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, and are now covered by section 4005 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

CROSS REFERENCES Third party tort liability to United States for hospital and medical care, see section 2651 et seq. of this title.

Transfer of appropriations for Federal Prison System to Public Health Service for expenditure for medical relief for inmates, see section 341h of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 251. Medical examination and treatment of Federal employees.

The Surgeon General is authorized to provide at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies for persons entitled to treatment under the United States Employees' Compensation Act and extensions thereof. The Surgeon General may also provide for making medical examinations of

(a) employees of the Alaska Railroad and employees of the Federal Government for retirement purposes;

(b) employees in the Federal classified service, and applicants for appointment, as requested by the Civil Service Commission for the purpose of promoting health and efficiency;

(d) employees eligible for benefits under the longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, as requested by any deputy commissioner thereunder. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 324, 58 Stat. 697.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The United States Employees' Compensation Act, referred to in the opening par., is classified to sections 751756, 757-781, 783-791 and 793 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

The Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (d), is classifiled to chapter 18 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All executive and administrative functions of the Civil Service Commission were transferred to the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission by 1949 Reorg. Plan No. 5, eff. Aug. 20, 1949, 14 F. R. 5227, 63 Stat. 1067. See note set out under section 632 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

EXCEPTION AS TO TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of the Public Health Service, with respect to medical examination and treatment of Federal employees under section 751 et seq. of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, were excepted by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1271, which transferred the Bureau of Employees' Compensation, and its functions, to the Department of Labor. See note under section 778 of Title 5.

CROSS REFERENCES

Third party tort liability to United States for hospital and medical care, see section 2651 et seq. of this title.

§ 252. Medical examination of aliens.

The Surgeon General shall provide for making, at places within the United States or in other countries, such physical and mental examinations of aliens as are required by the immigration laws, subject to administrative regulations prescribed by the Attorney General and medical regulations prescribed by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 325, 58 Stat. 697; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F. R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of the Federal Security Agency were transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, set out as a note under section 623 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1.

§ 253. Medical services to Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service; examination of personnel of Service assigned to Coast Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey. (a) Subject to regulations of the President

(1) commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, warrant officers, cadets, and enlisted personnel of the Regular Coast Guard on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and Regular, and temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty;

(2) commissioned officers, ships' officers, and members of the crews of vessels of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and

(3) commissioned officers of the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service on active duty;

shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization by the Service. The Surgeon General may detail commissioned officers for duty aboard vessels of the Coast Guard or the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 88–71, § 2(a), July 19, 1963, 77 Stat. 83.

(c) The Service shall provide all services referred to in subsection (a) of this section required by the Coast Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey and shall perform all duties prescribed by statute in connection with the examinations to determine physical or mental condition for purposes of appointment, enlistment, and reenlistment, promotion and retirement, and officers of the Service assigned to duty on Coast Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels may extend aid to the crews of American vessels engaged in deep-sea fishing. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 326, 58 Stat. 697; June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306(3), 70 Stat. 254; Apr. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-415, § 5(d), 74 Stat. 34; July 19, 1963, Pub. L. 88-71, § 2, 77 Stat. 83.)

AMENDMENTS

1963 Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88-71, § 2(a), repealed subsec. (b), which provided for treatment of dependents of personnel, and is now covered by section 253a (b) of this title.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 88-71, § 2(b), inserted "or Coast and Geodetic Survey" following "Coast Guard" in two instances.

1960 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-415 eliminated provisions which authorized medical, surgical, and dental care and hospitalization for retired personnel of the Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Public Health Service. 1956

Subsec. (b). Act June 7, 1956, repealed subsec. (b) except insofar as it related to dependent members of families of ships' officers and members of crews of vessels of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENT Partial repeal of subsec. (b) of this section by act June 7, 1956, was made effective six months after June 7, 1956, by section 307 of act June 7, 1956.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2. eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in note under section 591 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, referred to in this section, is an agency within the Department of Commerce.

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in note under section 241 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Coast Guard, referred to in this section, is generally a service in the Treasury Department, but such Plan excepted, from the transfer, the functions of the Coast Guard, and of the Commandant thereof, when the Coast Guard is operating as a part of the Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

CROSS REFERENCES

Members of Coast Guard Reserve entitled to benefits of subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section, see section 755 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

Third party tort liability to United States for hospital and medical care, see section 2651 et seq. of this title. § 253a. Medical services to retired personnel of Coast and Geodetic Survey; treatment of dependents of personnel; per diem hospitalization charges; identification of persons eligible for treatment. (a) Subject to regulations of the President, retired ships' officers and retired members of the crews of vessels of the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization at facilities of the Public Health Service: Provided, That the ships' officer or crew member, (1) was on active duty as a vessel employee of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on July 1, 1963, or on the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later, and his employment as a vessel employee was continuous from that date until retirement, or (2) was retired as a vessel employee of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on or before July 1, 1963, or on the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later.

(b) Subject to regulations of the President, dependent members of families (as defined in such regulations) of ships' officers and members of crews of vessels of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, whether such, ships' officers and members of crew are on active duty or retired, shall be furnished medical advice and outpatient treatment by the Public Health Service at its hospitals and relief stations and, if suitable accommodations are available, they shall also be furnished hospitalization at hospitals of the Public Health Service: Provided, That the ships' officer or crew member (1) was on active duty as a vessel employee of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on July 1, 1963, or on the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later, and his employment as

a vessel employee has been continuous from that time, or (2) was on active duty as a vessel employee of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on July 1. 1963, or on the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later, and his employment as a vessel employee was continuous from that time until retirement, or (3) was retired as a vessel employee of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on or before July 1, 1963, or on the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later. When dependent members of families are hospitalized, a per diem charge, at such uniform rate as may be prescribed from time to time for the hospitalization of dependents of members of the uniformed services at hospitals of the uniformed services pursuant to section 1078(a) of Title 10 shall be made.

(c) The Coast and Geodetic Survey shall furnish proper identification to those persons entitled to medical treatment under the provisions of this section. (Pub. L. 88–71, § 1, July 19, 1963, 77 Stat. 83.) REFERENCES IN TEXT

The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), means July 19, 1963, the date on which Pub. L. 88-71 was approved.

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

Ex. ORD. No. 11160.

REGULATIONS RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE FOR RETIRED PERSONNEL OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY AND THEIR DEPENDENTS

Ex. Ord. No. 11160, July 6, 1964, 29 F.R. 9315, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me by the first section of the Act of July 19, 1963 (Public Law 88-71, 77 Stat. 83, 42 U.S.C. 253a) ([this section], and as President of the United States, I hereby prescribe the following regulations relating to the medical care of certain retired personnel of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and dependents of Coast and Geodetic Survey ships' officers and crew members, both active and retired.

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in these regulations, the term:

(1) "Retired ships' officer and retired crew member" means a noncommissioned ships' officer or crew member of a vessel of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who either was on active duty as a vessel employee on July 19, 1963, and whose employment as such vessel employee was continuous from that date until the date of his retirement, or who had retired as a vessel employee on or before July 19, 1963.

(2) "Active duty ships' officer and active duty crew member" means a noncommissioned ships' officer or crew member on active duty as a vessel employee of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on July 19, 1963, and whose employment as such vessel employee has been continuous from that time.

(3) "Dependent members of families", with respect to active duty or retired ships' officers or crew members,

means:

(A) the lawful wife;

(B) the unmarried legitimate child, including an adopted child or stepchild, who has not passed his twentyfirst birthday; and

(C) the father or mother, if in fact dependent upon such active duty or retired ships' officer or crew member for over one-half of his or her support.

(4) "Relief stations" means Public Health Service outpatient clinics and outpatient offices.

(5) "Outpatient clinic" means a full-time outpatient medical facility, operated in Federally owned or leased space under the supervision of a commissioned medical officer or a full-time civil service medical officer (formerly known as a Second-Class Relief Station).

(6) "Outpatient office" means a part-time outpatient facility serving all classes of legal beneficiaries, located In other than Federal space, and in the charge of a

local private physician under contract to the Service to provide medical care on an annual or fee basis (formerly known as a Third-Class Relief Station).

SEC. 2. Persons entitled to treatment. The following persons shall be entitled to medical care under these regulations:

(1) Retired ships' officers and retired crew members of the Coast and Geodetic Survey;

(2) Dependent members of families of persons described in paragraph (1) of this section;

(3) Dependent members of families of active duty ships' officers and crew members of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

SEC. 3. Application for treatment; evidence of eligibility. Persons entitled to medical care under Section 2 of these regulations, when applying to Public Health Service medical care facilities for medical care, shall produce proper identification, as issued to them by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and such identification shall be accepted as evidence of eligibility for such medical care by the Service.

SEC. 4. Extent of treatment; retired ships' officers and crew members. Subject to the limitation imposed by paragraph (2) of this section, retired ships' officers and crew members entitled to medical care under these regulations shall be furnished:

(1) Medical, surgical, and dental treatment at hospitals, outpatient clinics, and outpatient offices of the Service, and hospitalization at hospitals of the Service. The Service will not be responsible for defraying the cost of hospitalization, medical services, and supplies procured elsewhere.

(2) Dental treatment shall be furnished to the extent that facilities and services at hospitals and outpatient clinics of the Service having full-time dental officers on duty are available to provide such treatment. At other Service facilities, dental treatment shall be limited to emergency measures necessary to relieve pain.

SEC. 5. Extent of treatment; dependent members of families; charges. (a) Dependent members of families shall be furnished medical advice and outpatient treatment at hospitals, outpatient clinics, and outpatient offices of the Service and, if suitable accommodations are available, shall be furnished hospitalization at hospitals of the Service. The Service will not be responsible for defraying the cost of hospitalization, medical services, and supplies procured elsewhere.

(b) For the purpose of this section

(1) Medical advice and outpatient treatment may include such services and supplies as the Medical Officer in Charge may deem to be necessary for reasonable and adequate treatment.

(2) Hospitalization shall be furnished when, in the opinion of the Medical Officer in Charge, suitable accommodations are available and the condition of the patient is such as to require hospitalization. When hospitalization is authorized, it may include such services and supplies as the Medical Officer in Charge may deem to be necessary for reasonable and adequate treatment.

(c) Charges shall be made for hospitalization of dependent members of families at the same per diem rate as is prescribed for dependents of members of the uniformed services pursuant to section 1078 (a) of Title 10 of the United States Code.

(d) Dental treatment may be furnished to the extent that facilities and services at hospitals and outpatient clinics of the Service having full-time dental officers are available to provide such treatment. Dental care will not be furnished under any circumstances in private facilities at the expense of the Service.

SEC. 6. Prior orders. Executive Order No. 9703 of March 12, 1946, prescribing regulations relating to medical care of certain personnel of the Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service, and former Lighthouse Service, is hereby amended to the extent necessary to conform it to the provisions of this order. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

§ 254. Interdepartmental work.

Nothing contained in sections 248-253 and 254 of this title shall affect the authority of the Service to

furnish any materials, supplies, or equipment, or perform any work or services, requested in accordance with section 686 of Title 31, or the authority of any other executive department to furnish any materials, supplies, or equipment, or perform any work or services, requested by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the Service in accordance with that section. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 327, 58 Stat. 697; 1953 Reorg. Plan. No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

§ 255. Lepers; received in any hospital; payment of travel expenses of indigent lepers.

The Service shall, in accordance with regulations, receive into any hospital of the Service suitable for his accommodation any person afflicted with leprosy who presents himself for care, detention, or treatment, or who may be apprehended under section 256 or 264 of this title, and any person afflicted with leprosy duly consigned to the care of the Service by the proper health authority of any State. The Surgeon General is authorized, upon the request of any health authority, to send for any person within the jurisdiction of such authority who is afflicted with leprosy and to convey such person to the appropriate hospital for detention and treatment. When the transportation of any such person is undertaken for the protection of the public health the expense of such removal shall be met from funds available for the maintenance of hospitals of the Service. Such funds shall also be available, subject to regulations, for transportation of recovered indigent leper patients to their homes, including subsistence alowance while traveling. When so provided in appropriations available for any fiscal year for the maintenance of hospitals of the Service, the Surgeon General is authorized and directed to make payments to the Board of Health of Hawaii for the care and treatment in its facilities of persons afflicted with leprosy at a per diem rate, determined from time to time by the Surgeon General, which shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, be approximately equal to the per diem operating cost per patient of such facilities, except that such per diem rate shall not be greater than the comparable per diem operating cost per patient at the National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 331, 58 Stat. 698; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 4, 62 Stat. 1018; June 25, 1952, ch. 460, 66 Stat. 157; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86-624, § 29(b), 74 Stat. 419.)

AMENDMENTS

1960-Pub. L. 86-624 eliminated words, "Territory, or the District of Columbia" following "proper health authority of any State", and substituted "Board of Health of Hawaii" for "Board of Health of the Territory of Hawaii."

1952-Act June 25, 1952, provided for payments to the Hawaiian Board of Health for expenditures made by them in the care and treatment of patients.

1948-Act June 25, 1948, authorized payment of travel expenses of indigent leper patients.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1960 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by Pub. L. 86-624 effective on Aug. 21, 1959, see section 47(1) of Pub. L. 86-624, set out as a note under section 645 of Title 20, Education.

§ 256. Apprehension, detention, treatment, and release of lepers.

The Surgeon General may provide by regulation for the apprehension, detention, treatment, and release of persons being treated by the Service for leprosy. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 332, 58 Stat. 698.)

§ 257. Narcotic addicts; care and treatment.

The Surgeon General is authorized to provide for the confinement, care, protection, treatment, and discipline of persons addicted to the use of habit-forming narcotic drugs who voluntarily submit themselves for treatment, addicts who have been or are hereafter convicted of offenses against the United States, including persons convicted by general courts-martial and consular courts, and addicts who are committed to the Service or to a hospital thereof pursuant to section 260a of this title. Such care and treatment shall be provided at hospitals of the Service especially equipped for the accommodation of such patients and shall be designed to rehabilitate such persons, to restore them to health, and, where necessary, to train them to be selfsupporting and self-reliant. Upon the admittance to, and departure from, a hospital of the Service of a person who voluntarily submitted himself for treatment pursuant to the provisions of this section and who at the time of his admittance to such hospital was a resident of the District of Columbia, the Surgeon General shall furnish to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or their designated agent, the name, address, and such other pertinent information as may be useful in the rehabilitation to society of such person. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 341, 58 Stat. 698; May 8, 1954, ch. 195, § 3, 68 Stat. 80; July 24, 1956, ch. 676, title III, § 302 (a), 70 Stat. 622.)

Third party tort liability to United States for hospital and medical care, see section 2651 et seq. of this title. § 258. Same; employment; establishment of industries, plants, etc.; sale of commodities; disposition of proceeds.

Narcotic addicts in hospitals of the Service designated for their care shall be employed in such manner and under such conditions as the Surgeon General may direct. In such hospitals the Surgeon General may, in his discretion, establish industries, plants, factories, or shops for the production and manufacture of articles, commodities, and supplies for the United States Government. The Secretary of

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