---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch42"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 42"
heading: "Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch42"
sections_count: 5
---

# Chapter 42 — Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/42/ch42-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Civil Commitment of Persons Not Charged with Any Criminal Offense](/usc/42/ch42-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Rehabilitation and Posthospitalization Care Programs and Assistance to States and Localities](/usc/42/ch42-schIII.md)