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§8282 Insane members of the naval service

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 833— - HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL CARE › § 8282

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Title 10, §8282

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A member of the naval service who becomes insane may be placed in the hospital for the insane that, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, is most convenient and will provide the most beneficial treatment.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 620234 U.S.C. 595.R.S. 1551; July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 309. The words “that * * * will provide the most beneficial treatment” are substituted for the words “best calculated to promise a restoration of reason” for clarity. The second sentence of 34 U.S.C. 595 is omitted as superseded. It provided a method by which the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, could compensate other agencies for expenses involved in hospitalizing insane naval patients. Other provisions of law, principally 24 U.S.C. 31, 31 U.S.C. 686, and 37 U.S.C. 284, and

Regulations

, principally Executive Order 10122, of April 14, 1950, establish the method currently used.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6202 of this title as this section.

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Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

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10 U.S.C. § 8282

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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