CARE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE PATIENTS AT SAINT ELIZA BETHS HOSPITAL SEC. 504. Insane patients entitled to treatment by the 42 U.S.C. 222 Service shall be admitted, upon order of the Secretary, into Saint Elizabeths Hospital or, upon order of the Surgeon General, into any hospital, institution, or station of the Service especially equipped for the accommodation of such patients and shall be cared for and treated therein until cured or until ordered removed by the officer authorizing such admittance. Funds available for the operation of such hospitals, institutions, and stations of the Service shall also be available for expenditure to meet court costs and other expenses of the Service incident to proceedings for the commitment, to Saint Elizabeths Hospital or to any hospital, institution, or station of the Service, of any mentally incompetent person entitled to treatment by the Service." SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS SEC. 505. The Secretary may consider, ascertain, 42 U.S.C. 223 adjust, and determine any claim which shall accrue, on account of damages occasioned by collisions or incident. to the operation of vessels of the Service, and for which damages such vessels are found by him to be responsible. To be considered for settlement under this section, claims must be presented to the Secretary within one year of their accrual. The amount ascertained and determined to be due any claimant, not exceeding $3,000 in any one case, shall be certified to Congress as a legal claim for payment out of appropriations that may be made therefor by Congress, together with a brief statement of the character of each claim, the amount claimed, and the amount allowed. Acceptance by any claimant of the amount determined to be due under this section shall be deemed to be in full and final settlement of such claim against the Government of the United States. TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS OF OFFICERS SEC. 506. Appropriations available for traveling ex- 42 U.S.C. 224 penses of the Service shall be available for meeting the cost of preparation for burial and of transportation to the place of burial of remains of commissioned officers, and of personnel specified in regulations, who die in line of duty. Appropriations available for carrying out the provisions of this Act shall also be available for the payment of such expenses relating to the recovery, care, and disposition of the remains of personnel or their depend The last sentence of sec. 504 was added by sec. 6 of P.L. 781, 80th Congress. 42 U.S.C. 226 42 U.S.C. 227 ents as may be authorized under other provisions of law.3 GRANTS TO FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS SEC. 507. Appropriations to the Public Health Service available under this Act for research, training, or demonstration project grants or for grants to expand existing treatment and research programs and facilities for alcoholism, narcotic addiction, drug abuse, and drug dependence, and appropriations available under the Community Mental Health Centers Act for construction and staffing of community mental health centers and alcoholism and narcotic addiction, drug abuse, and drug dependence facilities shall also be available, on the same terms and conditions as apply to non-Federal institutions, for grants for the same purpose to hospitals of the Service, of the Veterans' Administration, or of the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice, and to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, except that grants to such Federal institutions may be funded at 100 per centum of the costs. TRANSFER OF FUNDS SEC. 508. For the purpose of any reorganization under section 202, the Secretary, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, is authorized to make such transfers of funds between appropriations as may be necessary for the continuance of transferred functions. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 509. Appropriations for carrying out the purposes of this Act shall be available for expenditure for personal services and rent at the seat of Government; books of reference, periodicals, and exhibits; printing and binding; transporting in Government-owned automotive equipment, to and from school, children of personnel who have quarters for themselves and their families at stations determined by the Surgeon General to be isolated stations; expenses incurred in pursuing, identifying, and returning prisoners who escape from any hospital, institution, or station of the Service or from the custody of any officer or employee of the Service, including rewards for the capture of such prisoners; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning such wearing apparel as may be prescribed by the Surgeon General for use by employees in the performance of their official duties; reimbursing officers and employees, subject to regulations of the Secretary, for the cost of repairing or replacing 3 The last sentence of sec. 506 was added by sec. 14(b) of the Act of July 15, 1954, 68 Stat. 481. Effective July 1, 1968, a new sec. 507 was added by sec. 5 of P.L. 90-31. Sec. 507 further amended by sec. 3(c) (1) and (2) of P.L. 91-513. their personal belongings damaged or destroyed by patients while such officers or employees are engaged in the performance of their official duties; and maintenance of buildings of the National Institutes of Health." UNAUTHORIZED WEARING OF UNIFORMS SEC. 510. Except as may be authorized by regulations 42 U.S.C. 228 of the President, the insignia and uniform of commissioned officers of the Service, or any distinctive part of such insignia or uniform, or any insignia or uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part thereof, shall not be worn, after the promulgation of such regulations, by any person other than a commissioned officer of the Service. ANNUAL REPORT SEC. 511. The Surgeon General shall transmit to the Secretary, for submission to the Congress at the beginning of each regular session, a full report of the administration of the functions of the Service under this Act, including a detailed statement of receipts and disburse ments. MEMORIALS AND OTHER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SEC. 512. The Secretary may provide for suitably 42 U.S.C. 229 acknowledging, within the Department (whether by memorials, designations, or other suitable acknowledgments), (1) efforts of persons who have contributed substantially to the health of the Nation and (2) gifts for use in activities of the Department related to health. EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS SEC. 513. Such portion as the Secretary may determine, but not more than 1 per centum, of any appropriation for grants, contracts, or other payments under any provision of this Act, the Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act, the Community Mental Health Centers Act, the Act of August 5, 1954 (Public Law 568, Eightythird Congress), or the Act of August 16, 1957 (Public Law 85-151), for any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1970, shall be available for evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) of any program authorized by this Act or any of such other acts, and, in the case of allotments from any such appropriation, the amount available for allotment shall be reduced accordingly. Sec. 509 was amended by sec. 7 of P.L. 781, 80th Congress. Note that the term "National Institute of Health" did not appear in this section on the effective date of sec. 6(b) of the National Heart Act (P.L. 655, 80th Congress) which directed that the term, wherever appearing in the Public Health Service Act, be changed to "National Institutes of Health." Sec. 510 amended by the Act of June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 859. Sec. 512 added by Sec. 503(a) of P.L. 90-574. *Sec. 513 added by Sec. 401(a) of P.L. 91–296. 42 U.S.C. 291 42 U.S.C. 291a TITLE VI-ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SEC. 600. The purpose of this title is (a) to assist the several States in the carrying out of their programs for the construction and modernization of such public or other nonprofit community hospitals and other medical facilities as may be necessary, in conjunction with existing facilities, to furnish adequate hospital, clinic, or similar services to all their people; (b) to stimulate the development of new or improved types of physical facilities for medical, diagnostic, preventive, treatment, or rehabilitative services; and (c) to promote research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to the effective development and utilization of hospital, clinic, or similar services, facilities, and resources, and to promote the coordination of such research, experiments, and demonstrations and the useful application of their results. PART A-GRANTS AND LOANS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION SEC. 601. In order to assist the States in carrying out the purposes of section 600, there are authorized to be appropriated- 3 (a) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and each of the next eight fiscal years (1) $85,000,000 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit facilities for long-term care; (2) $70,000,000 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit outpatient facilities; (3) $15,000,000 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities; 1 Title VI was completely revised by sec. 3 (a) of P.L. 88-443 and further amended by P.L. 91-296. The heading of sec. 601 amended by sec. 102(a) (3) of P.L. 91-296. Sec. 601(a) amended by subsec. 402 (a)(1) of P.L. 90-574 and further amended by secs 101 and 116(a) of P.L. 91–296. (b) for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers, $150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $160,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $170,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $180,000,000 each for the next two fiscal years, $195,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $147,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $152,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $157,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; and (c) for grants for modernization of the facilities referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), $65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. 5 STATE ALLOTMENTS SEC. 602(a) (1) Each State shall be entitled for each 42 U.S.C. 291b fiscal year to an allotment bearing the same ratio to the sums appropriated for such year pursuant to subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, of section 601(a), and to an allotment bearing the same ratio to the sums appropriated for such year pursuant to section 601(b), as the product of (A) the population of such State, and (B) the square of its allotment percentage, bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all of the States. (2) For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall, in accordance with regulations, make allotments among the States, from the sums appropriated for such year under section 601 (c), on the basis of the population, the financial need, and the extent of the need for modernization of the facilities referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 601, of the respective States. (b) (1) The allotment to any State under subsection (a) for any fiscal year which is less than * Sec. 601(b) amended by subsec. 402(a) (2) of P.L. 90-574 and further amended by secs. 101 (a) (3) and 102(a) (1) of P.L. 91-296. Secs. 601(c) added by sec. 102 (a) (2) of P.L. 91-296. Sec. 602 (a) (1) amended by subsec. 402(b)(1) of P.L. 90-574 and further amended by sec. 103 (a) of P.L. 91-296. Sec. 103 (c) of P.L. 91–296 provides: "(c) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall conduct a study of the effects of the formula specified in section 602(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act for allotment among the States of sums appropriated for construction of health facilities, and shall report to the Congress on May 15, 1972, the result of such study, together with recommendations for such changes, if any, in such formula as he may determine to be desirable, together with his justification for any changes so recommended." Sec. 3(b) (5) of P.L. 88-443, provided for the following exception in sec. 602(a) (2) of the PHS Act: "no application with respect to a project for modernization of any facility in any State may be approved by the Surgeon General, for purposes of receiving funds from an allotment under sec. 602(a) (2) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act. before July 1, 1965, or before such State has had a State plan approved by the Surgeon General as meeting the requirements of section 604 (a) (4) (E) as well as the other requirements of section 604 of such act as so amended." |