---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch42/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch42-schI"
sections_count: 2
---

# Subchapter I — General Provisions

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 42 — Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation

## Sections

- [§3401. Declaration of policy](/usc/42/3401.md)
- [§3402. State facilities and personnel for care and treatment; encouragement of adequate provision; benefit of experience of Surgeon General and Attorney General](/usc/42/3402.md)