United States Citizens Adjudged Insane in Foreign Countries

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Page 3 - In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed' in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman...
Page 4 - States, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows : Page 2.
Page 3 - Territories, or the District of Columbia it has been impossible to establish. Upon the ascertainment of the legal residence of persons so transferred to the hospital, the superintendent of the hospital shall thereupon transfer such persons to their respective places of residence, and the expenses attendant thereon shall be paid from the appropriation for the support of the hospital.
Page 3 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW In compliance with paragraph 2a of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as introduced, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman...
Page 1 - Upon request of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized (directly or through arrangements under this subsection) to receive any eligible person at any port of entry or debarkation upon arrival from a foreign country and, to the extent he finds It necessary, to temporarily care for and treat at suitable facilities (including a hospital) , and otherwise render...
Page 4 - Upon the request of any such patient, his relatives or friends, he shall have a hearing in the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia upon his mental condition and the right of the superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital to hold him for treatment.
Page 11 - ... bill at all that might be advisable? Mr. JUDD. If I could, I would have put it in. I do not see how anything could go wrong in this. If the individual applies for a hearing in the district court, the district court appoints a medical panel to examine this individual. That is the way it operates.
Page 4 - Authorizing the resurvey or retracement of lands heretofore returned as surveyed public lands of the United States under certain conditions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the application of the owners of three-fourths of the privately owned lands in any township...
Page 2 - ... Elizabeths Hospital, in the District of Columbia, for treatment, any citizen of the United States legally adjudged insane in a foreign country, or certified by appropriate authorities (as determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to be in need of care and treatment in a mental hospital, whose legal residence in a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, it has been impossible to establish. Upon the ascertainment of the legal residence of any person so transferred to...
Page 2 - PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of the bill is to make it...

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