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24 U.S.C. § 261 to 264 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§§ 261 to 264. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Sections 261 to 264 related to Freedmen’s Hospital in the District of Columbia, and were also set out as sections 32–317 to 32–320 of the District of Columbia Code. Freedmen’s Hospital was transferred to Howard University by Pub. L. 87–262, Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 542 (20 U.S.C. 124–129), section 7 of which repealed all laws specifically applicable to Freedmen’s Hospital effective with the transfer. Sections 32–317 to 32–320 were omitted from the 1981 edition of the District of Columbia Code.
Section 261, R.S. § 2038; act June 23, 1874, ch. 455, 18 Stat. 223, related to direction of and expenditures for Freedmen’s Hospital.
Section 262, acts June 26, 1912, ch. 182, § 1, 37 Stat. 172; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(78), 45 Stat. 992, related to admission of patients to Freedmen’s Hospital, charges, and disposition of money collected.
Section 263, acts Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1483, 33 Stat. 1190, Mar. 16, 1926, ch. 58, 44 Stat. 208, related to authority to contract for the care and treatment of persons from the District admitted to Freedmen’s Hospital.
Section 264, act July 1, 1916, ch. 209, 39 Stat. 311, related to disposition of unclaimed money left at Freedmen’s Hospital by deceased patients.
24 U.S.C. § 277 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 277. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 646
text: Section, acts Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 225, title II, 43 Stat. 926; Apr. 15, 1926, ch. 146, title II, 44 Stat. 288, provided for appointment and pay of a superintendent of Antietam Battlefield.
24 U.S.C. § 278 to 279d (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§§ 278 to 279d. Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, § 7(a)(1), (4), (5), (7), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82
text: Section 278, acts July 24, 1876, ch. 226, § 1, 19 Stat. 99; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §§ 206, 215, 42 Stat. 21, 23; Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, § 301(96), 64 Stat. 844, provided for care and maintenance of cemeteries. See section 2404(a), (e) of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.
text: Section 279, R.S. § 4877, related to inclosure, headstones, and registers. See section 2404(a), (c), (d) of Title 38.
text: Section 279a, acts July 1, 1948, ch. 791, § 1, 62 Stat. 1215; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–644, § 1(1), 72 Stat. 601; Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–811, 72 Stat. 978; Sept. 1, 1970, Pub. L. 91–369, 84 Stat. 836, provided for headstones for unmarked graves of Civil War soldiers, members of armed forces, reserve components, National Guard, Air National Guard, and Reserve Officers Training Corps; compilation of list; and inscription of names on Memorial. See sections 2306 and 2403 of Title 38.
text: Section 279b, acts July 1, 1948, ch. 791, § 2, 62 Stat. 1216; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–644, § 1(2), 72 Stat. 602, authorized rules and regulations for the headstones, list, and inscription of names.
text: Section 279c, act July 1, 1948, ch. 791, § 3, 62 Stat. 1216, related to preservation of records respecting the headstones, list, and inscription of names. See section 2404(d) of Title 38.
text: Section 279d, acts Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1013, 68 Stat. 880; July 3, 1956, ch. 509, 70 Stat. 489, provided for markers to honor memory of certain Armed Forces personnel. See section 2403(a), (b) of Title 38.
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective Sept. 1, 1973, or such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see section 10(c) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under section 2306 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.
heading: Matured Rights and Duties, Incurred Penalties, Liabilities, and Forfeitures, and Commenced Proceedings Excepted in Repeal of National Cemeteries Provisions
text: Provisions repealed except with respect to rights and duties matured, penalties, liabilities, and forfeitures that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before effective date of section 7 of Pub. L. 93–43, see section 7(a) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under sections 271 to 276 of this title.
24 U.S.C. § 280 to 280b (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§§ 280 to 280b. Repealed. July 1, 1948, ch. 791, § 4, 62 Stat. 1216
text: Section 280, act Feb. 3, 1879, ch. 44, 20 Stat. 281, related to headstones in private cemeteries. See sections 2306 and 2400 et seq. of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.
text: Section 280a, act Feb. 26, 1929, ch. 324, 45 Stat. 1307, related to headstones for Confederate soldiers. See sections 2306 and 2400 et seq. of Title 38.
text: Section 280b, act Apr. 18, 1940, ch. 109, 54 Stat. 142, related to standard headstones. See sections 2306 and 2400 et seq. of Title 38.
24 U.S.C. § 281 to 282 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§§ 281 to 282. Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, § 7(a)(6), (8), (10)–(12), (60), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82, 88
text: Section 281, acts May 14, 1948, ch. 289, § 1, 62 Stat. 234; Sept. 14, 1959, Pub. L. 86–260, 73 Stat. 547, enumerated classes of persons eligible for burial in national cemeteries and provided for removal of remains. See section 2402 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.
text: Section 281a, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 1, 61 Stat. 742, provided for utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries.
text: Section 281b, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 2, 61 Stat. 742, related to utilization of surplus military real property for expansion of existing cemeteries and limited the expanded national cemetery area to six hundred and forty acres.
text: Section 281c, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 3, 61 Stat. 742, authorized regulations respecting utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries.
text: Section 281d, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 1, 64 Stat. 12, related to utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries at Fort Logan, Colo.
text: Section 281e, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 2, 64 Stat. 12, provided for selection of lands, care and maintenance, and limitation of area of national cemetery at Fort Logan, Colo.
text: Section 281f, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 3, 64 Stat. 12, authorized Secretary of the Army to prescribe rules and regulations for administration of national cemetery at Fort Logan, Colo.
text: Section 281g, act Aug. 10, 1950, ch. 672, §§ 1, 2, 64 Stat. 434, provided for expansion of existing cemeteries at Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, Fort Leavenworth, National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Barrancas National Cemetery, near Pensacola, Florida.
text: Section 282, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 1, 37 Stat. 440, provided for burial of Confederate veterans.
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective Sept. 1, 1973, or such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see section 10(c) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under section 2306 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.
heading: Matured Rights and Duties, Incurred Penalties, Liabilities, and Forfeitures, and Commenced Proceedings Excepted in Repeal of National Cemeteries Provisions
text: Provisions repealed except with respect to rights and duties matured, penalties, liabilities, and forfeitures that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before effective date of section 7 of Pub. L. 93–43, see section 7(a) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under sections 271 to 276 of this title.
24 U.S.C. § 283 to 285 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§§ 283 to 285. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section 283, R.S. § 4879, related to the military cemetery near Mexico City. See section 2111 of Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations.
Section 284, R.S. § 4880, related to the regulations for the military cemetery near Mexico City, and is covered by Ex. Ord. No. 9873, July 17, 1947, 12 F.R. 4777, set out as a note under section 2111 of Title 36.
Section 285, acts Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 306, § 2, 43 Stat. 970; May 10, 1928, ch. 515, 45 Stat. 494, which authorized the Secretary of War to accept the land comprising the burial place of President Zachary Taylor, and to establish a national cemetery thereon, has been omitted as executed.
24 U.S.C. § 291 to 295 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§§ 291 to 295. Repealed. Pub. L. 86–694, § 2, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 739
text: Section 291, act Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 169, § 1, 41 Stat. 1440, established a commission to make recommendations for memorials and entombments for Arlington Memorial Amphitheater.
text: Section 292, act Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 169, § 2, 41 Stat. 1440, provided for a chairman and disbursing officer.
text: Section 293, act Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 169, § 3, 41 Stat. 1440, required specific Congressional authorization for erection of memorials and interments.
text: Section 294, act Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 169, § 4, 41 Stat. 1440, related to restrictions on inscriptions and entombments.
text: Section 295, act Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 169, § 5, 41 Stat. 1440, related to character of the inscription.
text: Sections are covered by section 295a of this title.
24 U.S.C. § 295a (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 295a. Arlington Memorial Amphitheater
(a) Recommendations of Secretary of Defense for memorials and entombments
The Secretary of Defense or his designee may send to Congress in January of each year, his recommendations with respect to the memorials to be erected, and the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces to be entombed, in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
(b) Specific authorization from Congress
No memorial may be erected and no remains may be entombed in such amphitheater unless specifically authorized by Congress.
(c) Character of memorials
The character, design, or location of any memorial authorized by Congress is subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense or his designee.
(Pub. L. 86–694, § 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 739.)
heading: Memorial to Veterans of Vietnam Conflict
text: Pub. L. 95–479, title III, § 307, Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1566, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall have placed in the Trophy Hall of the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery a memorial plaque which shall bear the following inscription: ‘The people of the United States of America pay tribute to those members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served honorably in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict.’. To further honor those members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives in hostile action in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict, the Secretary of Defense shall have placed near such plaque in a suitable repository a display of the Purple Heart Medal and other medals, ribbons, and decorations associated with service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict.”
24 U.S.C. § 296 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 296. Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, § 7(a)(9), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82
text: Section, act July 1, 1947, ch. 187, 61 Stat. 234, related to preservation of historic graveyards in abandoned military posts and conveyance to grantees. See section 2405(b) of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective Sept. 1, 1973, or such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see section 10(c) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under section 2306 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.
heading: Matured Rights and Duties, Incurred Penalties, Liabilities, and Forfeitures, and Commenced Proceedings Excepted in Repeal of National Cemeteries Provisions
text: Provisions repealed except with respect to rights and duties matured, penalties, liabilities, and forfeitures that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before effective date of section 7 of Pub. L. 93–43, see section 7(a) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under sections 271 to 276 of this title.
24 U.S.C. § 298 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 298. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(47), 65 Stat. 703
text: Section, act June 20, 1939, ch. 220, 53 Stat. 843, related to disposal, by Secretary of War, of government lots in commercial cemeteries.
24 U.S.C. § 301 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 301. Ancon Hospital to be known as Gorgas Hospital
In recognition of his distinguished services to humanity and as a fitting perpetuation of the name and memory of Major General William Crawford Gorgas, the Government hospital within the Canal Zone, near the City of Panama, known prior to March 24, 1928, as the Ancon Hospital, shall after such date be known and designated on the public records as the Gorgas Hospital.
(Mar. 24, 1928, ch. 240, § 1, 45 Stat. 365.)
heading: References in Text
text: For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
24 U.S.C. § 302 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 302. Change of name as affecting various rights; rec­ords, maps, and public documents
The change in the name of said hospital shall in no wise affect the rights of the Federal Government, or any municipality, corporation, association, or person; and all records, maps, and public documents of the United States in which said hospital is mentioned or referred to under the name of the Ancon Hospital or otherwise shall be held to refer to the said hospital under and by the name of the Gorgas Hospital.
(Mar. 24, 1928, ch. 240, § 2, 45 Stat. 366.)
24 U.S.C. § 321 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 321. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter except as the context may otherwise require—
(a) The term “Department” means the Department of Health and Human Services.
(b) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(c) The term “State” means a State or Territory of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.
(d) The term “eligible person” means an individual with respect to whom the following certificates are furnished to the Secretary:
(1) A certificate of the Secretary of State that such individual is a national of the United States; and
(2) Either (A) a certificate obtained or transmitted by the Secretary of State that such individual has been legally adjudged insane in a named foreign country, or (B) a certificate of an appropriate authority or person (as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) stating that at the time of such certification such individual was in a named foreign country and was in need of care and treatment in a mental hospital.
(e) The term “residence” means residence as determined under the applicable law or regulations of a State or political subdivision for the purpose of determining the eligibility of an individual for hospitalization in a public mental hospital.
(Pub. L. 86–571, § 1, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 308; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
heading: Change of Name
text: “Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (a) and “Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsecs. (b) and (d)(2), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
heading: Effective Date
text: Pub. L. 86–571, § 11, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 310, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and repealing sections 191a and 196a of this title] shall, except as otherwise specified, take effect on the date of its enactment [July 5, 1960].”
24 U.S.C. § 322 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 322. Reception of eligible persons at ports of entry or debarkation
(a) Arrangements for care, treatment, and assistance
Upon request of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 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 assistance to, such person pending his transfer or hospitalization pursuant to other sections of this chapter. For the purpose of providing such care and treatment and assistance, the Secretary is authorized to enter into suitable arrangements with appropriate State or other public or nonprofit agencies. Such arrangements shall be made without regard to section 6101 of title 41, and may provide for payment by the Secretary either in advance or by way of reimbursement.
(b) Payment or reimbursement for care, treatment, or assistance
The Secretary may, to the extent deemed appropriate, equitable, and practicable by him, (1) require any person receiving care and treatment or assistance pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to pay, in advance or by way of reimbursement, for the cost thereof or (2) obtain reimbursement for such cost from any State or political subdivision responsible for the cost of his subsequent hospitalization.
(Pub. L. 86–571, § 2, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 308; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
heading: Codification
text: In subsec. (a), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
heading: Change of Name
text: “Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
24 U.S.C. § 323 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 323. Transfer and release to State of residence or legal domicile, or to relative
If, at the time of arrival in the United States, the residence or the legal domicile of an eligible person appearing to be in need of care and treatment in a mental hospital is known to be in a State, or whenever thereafter such a person’s residence or legal domicile in a State is ascertained, the Secretary shall, if the person is then under his care (whether directly or pursuant to a contract or other arrangement under section 322 or 324 of this title), endeavor to arrange with the proper authorities of such State, or of a political subdivision thereof, for the assumption of responsibility for the care and treatment of such person by such authorities and shall, upon the making of such arrangement in writing, transfer and release such person to such authorities. In the event the State of the residence or legal domicile of an eligible person cannot be ascertained, or the Secretary is unable to arrange with the proper authorities of such State, or of a political subdivision thereof, for the assumption of responsibility for his care and treatment, the Secretary may, if he determines that the best interests of such person will be served thereby, transfer and release the eligible person to a relative who agrees in writing to assume responsibility for such person after having been fully informed as to his condition.
(Pub. L. 86–571, § 3, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 308.)
24 U.S.C. § 324 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 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 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.
(Pub. L. 86–571, § 4, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 98–621, § 10(r), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3381.)
heading: Codification
text: 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.
heading: Amendments
text: 1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–621 substituted “any” for “Saint Elizabeth Hospital, at any other” after “for such person” in first sentence.
heading: Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
text: 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.
24 U.S.C. § 325 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 325. Examination of persons admitted
(a) Time and frequency of examination; discharge
Any person admitted to any hospital pursuant to section 322 or section 324 of this title shall, as soon as practicable, but in no event more than five days after the day of such admission, be examined by qualified members of the medical staff of the hospital and, unless found to be in need of hospitalization by reason of mental illness, shall be discharged. Any person found upon such examination to be in need of such hospitalization shall thereafter, as frequently as practicable but not less often than every six months, be reexamined and shall, whenever it is determined that the conditions justifying such hospitalization no longer obtain, be discharged or, if found to be in the best interests of the patient, be conditionally released.
(b) Notice to legal guardian, etc.
Whenever any person is admitted to a hospital pursuant to this chapter, his legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin shall, if known, be immediately notified.
(Pub. L. 86–571, § 5, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 309.)
24 U.S.C. § 326 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 326. Release of patient
(a) Request; determination of right to retain; retention after request
If a person who is a patient hospitalized under section 322 or 324 of this title, or his legal guardian, spouse, or adult next of kin, requests the release of such patient, the right of the Secretary, or the head of the hospital, to detain him for care and treatment shall be determined in accordance with such laws governing the detention, for care and treatment, of persons alleged to be mentally ill as may be in force and applicable generally in the State in which such hospital is located, but in no event shall the patient be detained more than forty-eight hours (excluding any period of time falling on a Sunday or legal holiday) after the receipt of such request unless within such time (1) judicial proceedings for such hospitalization are commenced or (2) a judicial extension of such time is obtained, for a period of not more than five days, for the commencement of such proceedings.
(b) Transfer to another hospital
The Secretary is authorized at any time, when he deems it to be in the interest of the person or of the institution affected, to transfer any person hospitalized under section 324 of this title from one hospital to another, and to that end any judicial commitment of any person so hospitalized may be to the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 86–571, § 6, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 309.)
24 U.S.C. § 327 (HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS)
§ 327. Notification to committing court of discharge or conditional release
In the case of any person hospitalized under section 324 of this title who has been judicially committed to the Secretary’s custody, the Secretary shall, upon the discharge or conditional release of such person, or upon such person’s transfer and release under section 323 of this title, notify the committing court of such discharge or conditional release or such transfer and release.
(Pub. L. 86–571, § 7, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 310.)