§ 324. — Care and treatment of eligible persons until transfer and release.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 24USC324]
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
(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 5 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.
(Pub. L. 86-571, Sec. 4, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 98-621,
Sec. 10(r), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3381.)
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 168b, 323, 325, 326, 327,
328 of this title.
