10 U.S.C. § 8281 — Members of the naval service in other United States hospitals

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(a) If suitable naval hospital facilities are unavailable, the Secretary of the Navy may arrange care for naval-service members who are entitled to naval-hospital treatment at another United States hospital, if that hospital’s controlling agency agrees. The expense is charged to the appropriation that would have paid for treatment in a naval hospital.

(a) If suitable naval hospital facilities are unavailable, the Secretary of the Navy may arrange care for naval-service members who are entitled to naval-hospital treatment at another United States hospital, if that hospital’s controlling agency agrees. The expense is charged to the appropriation that would have paid for treatment in a naval hospital. (b) The deduction authorized by Revised Statutes § 4812 (24 U.S.C. § 16) must be taken from the accounts of members hospitalized under this section.

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(a)

When appropriate naval hospital facilities are unavailable, the Secretary of the Navy may provide for the care and treatment of members of the naval service, entitled to treatment in naval hospitals, in other United States hospitals, if the agencies controlling the other hospitals consent. Expenses incident to such care and treatment are chargeable to the same appropriation as would be chargeable for care and treatment in a naval hospital.

(b)

The deduction authorized by section 4812 of the Revised Statutes (24 U.S.C. 16) shall be made from accounts of members hospitalized under this section.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 387, § 6201; Pub. L. 85–861, § 36B(19), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1571; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(14), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2932; renumbered § 8281, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832, 1835.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
1958Amended · Pub. L. 85-861 · 72 Stat. 1571
1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-513 · 94 Stat. 2932
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1832, 1835

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.