42 U.S.C. § 238a — Use of immigration station hospitals

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 98-24 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 151 words · no verdicts yet

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The Immigration and Naturalization Service can let the Public Health Service use its immigration-station hospitals to treat Public Health Service patients. Each agency must reimburse the other for related costs, except neither pays for the physical upkeep of the buildings.

With agreement between the department heads involved, the Immigration and Naturalization Service may let the Public Health Service use hospitals at immigration stations to treat its own patients. The Surgeon General must reimburse the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the actual cost of fuel, light, water, telephone, and similar supplies and services - paid either into the proper Immigration and Naturalization Service appropriation or from established working funds - but no charge is ever made for the physical upkeep of the hospital buildings. In turn, the Immigration and Naturalization Service must reimburse the Surgeon General for treating people held in Public Health Service hospitals at the Immigration and Naturalization Service's request, unless those people already qualify for free care under section 249(a) of this title.

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The Immigration and Naturalization Service may, by agreement of the heads of the departments concerned, permit the Public Health Service to use hospitals at immigration stations for the care of Public Health Service patients. The Surgeon General shall reimburse the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the actual cost of furnishing fuel, light, water, telephone, and similar supplies and services, which reimbursement shall be covered into the proper Immigration and Naturalization Service appropriation, or such costs may be paid from working funds established as provided by law, but no charge shall be made for the expense of physical upkeep of the hospitals. The Immigration and Naturalization Service shall reimburse the Surgeon General for the care and treatment of persons detained in hospitals of the Public Health Service at the request of the Immigration and Naturalization Service unless such persons are entitled to care and treatment under section 249(a) 1 of this title.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 232, formerly title V, § 502, 58 Stat. 710, renumbered title XXI, § 2102, Pub. L. 98–24, § 2(a)(1), Apr. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 176; renumbered title XXIII, § 2302, Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3755; renumbered title XXV, § 2502, Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 201(1), (2), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3062; renumbered title XXVI, § 2602, Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2620(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4244; renumbered title XXVII, § 2702, Pub. L. 101–381, title I, § 101(1), (2), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 576; renumbered title II, § 232, Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2010(a)(1)–(3), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 213.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1944Enacted · Pub. L. 98-24 · 58 Stat. 710
1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-660 · 100 Stat. 3755
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-607 · 102 Stat. 3062
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-690 · 102 Stat. 4244
1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-381 · 104 Stat. 576
1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-43 · 107 Stat. 213

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-24 on 1944-07-01.

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