§323. Transfer and release to State of residence or legal domicile, or to relative — Inbound Citations
24 U.S.C. § 323
Cited by 3 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to 24 U.S.C. § 323 as a whole
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(a) 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.
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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.
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Appropriations for carrying out this chapter shall also be available for the transportation of any eligible person and necessary attendants to or from a hospital (including any hospital of a State or political subdivision to which an eligible person is released under section 323 of this title), to the place where a relative to whom any person is released under section 323 of this title resides, or to a person’s home upon his discharge from hospitalization under this chapter.