§ 324. Care and treatment of eligible persons until transfer and release

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1960

   Pub. L. 86–571 § 4 · 74 Stat. 308

   Enacted · 24 U.S.C. § 324

   Pub. L. 86–571, § 4, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 309

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 86–571, § 4, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 309

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. (a) Until the transfer and release of an eligible person Hospitals. pursuant to section 3, the Secretary is authorized to provide care and treatment for such person at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, at any other Federal hospital within or (pursuant to agreement) outside of the Department, or (under contract or other arrangements made without. regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended) at 41 USC 5. 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 2. In determining the place of such hospitalization, the Secretary shall give due weight to the best interests of the patient. (b) The authority of the Secretary to provide hospitalization for Limitation. 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.

2. 1984

   Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act

   Pub. L. 98–621 § 10(r) · 98 Stat. 3369

   Substituted · 24 U.S.C. § 324(a)

   Pub. L. 98–621 substituted “any” for “Saint Elizabeth Hospital, at any other” after “for such person” in first sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–621 substituted “any” for “Saint Elizabeth Hospital, at any other” after “for such person” in first sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (r) The first sentence of section 4(a) of Public Law 86–571 (24 U.S.C. 324) is amended by striking out “Saint Elizabeths Hospital, at any other” and inserting in lieu thereof “any”.

   Effective date note
   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.

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