42 U.S.C. 222 42 U.S.C. 223 42 U.S.C. 224 CARE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE PATIENTS AT SAINT ELIZA BETHS HOSPITAL SEC. 504. Insane patients entitled to treatment by the 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.40 SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS SEC. 505. The Secretary may consider, ascertain, 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 expenses 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 40 The last sentence of sec. 504 was added by sec. 6 of P.L. 781, 80th Congress. ents as may be authorized under other provisions of law.*1 GRANTS TO FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS SEC. 507. Appropriations to the Public Health Service available for research, training, or demonstration project grants pursuant to this Act 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. 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 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.43 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 is added by sec. 5 of P.L. 90–31. 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." 42 U.S.C. 226 42 U.S.C. 227 42 U.S.C. 228 42 U.S.C. 229 UNAUTHORIZED WEARING OF UNIFORMS 44 SEC. 510. Except as many be authorized by regulations 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 disbursements. MEMORIALS AND OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SEC. 512.45 The Secretary may provide for suitably 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. Sec. 510 amended by the Act of June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 859. 45 Sec. 512 added by Sec. 503 (a) of P.L. 90-574. TITLE VI-ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES 46 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 MODERNIZATION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION GRANTS SEC. 601. In order to assist the States in carrying out the purposes of section 600, there are authorized to be appropriated (a) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and each of the next five fiscal years (1) $70,000,000 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit facilities for long-term care; (2) $20,000,000 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit diagnostic or treatment centers; (3) $10,000,000 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities; Title VI was completely revised by sec. 3(a) P.L. 88-443. (b) 48 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers and for grants for modernization of such facilities and the facilities referred to in paragraph (a), $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, and $195,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. STATE ALLOTMENTS 49 SEC. 602. (a) (1) 19 Each State shall be entitled for each 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 new hospital portion of 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. As used in this paragraph, the new hospital portion of sums appropriated pursuant to section 601(b) (which portion shall be available for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers) is 100 per centum of such sums in the case of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, seven-eighths thereof in the case of the first fiscal year thereafter, twenty-seven thirty-fourths thereof in the case of the second fiscal year thereafter, thirteen-eighteenths thereof in the case of the third fiscal year thereafter, twenty-five thirty-sixths thereof in the case of the fourth fiscal year thereafter and two-thirds thereof in the case of the fifth fiscal year thereafter. (2)50 For each fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1965, the Surgeon General shall, in accordance with regulations, make allotments from the remainder of the sums appropriated pursuant to section 601 (b) (which portion shall be available for grants for modernization of facilities referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 601) on the basis of the population, the extent of the need for modernization of the facilities referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 601, and the financial need of the respective States. (b) (1) The allotment to any State under subsection (a) for any fiscal year which is less than 48 Sec. 601 (b) amended by subsec. 402(a) (2) of P.L. 90-574. 4 Subsec. 602(a)(1) amended by subsec. 402(b) (1) of P.L. 90-574. 50 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 annroved by the Surgeon General. for purposes of receiving funds from an allotment under section 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." |