---
kind: "unit"
title: "24"
title_heading: "Hospitals and Asylums"
key: "ch9"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 9"
heading: "Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Nationals Returned from Foreign Countries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/24/ch9"
sections_count: 9
---

# Chapter 9 — Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Nationals Returned from Foreign Countries

Title 24 — Hospitals and Asylums

## Sections

- [§321. Definitions](/usc/24/321.md)
- [§322. Reception of eligible persons at ports of entry or debarkation](/usc/24/322.md)
- [§323. Transfer and release to State of residence or legal domicile, or to relative](/usc/24/323.md)
- [§324. Care and treatment of eligible persons until transfer and release](/usc/24/324.md)
- [§325. Examination of persons admitted](/usc/24/325.md)
- [§326. Release of patient](/usc/24/326.md)
- [§327. Notification to committing court of discharge or conditional release](/usc/24/327.md)
- [§328. Payment for care and treatment](/usc/24/328.md)
- [§329. Availability of appropriations for transportation](/usc/24/329.md)