Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§238b Disposition of money collected for care of patients
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Part Part B— - Miscellaneous Provisions › § 238b
Summary
Any money collected for the care and treatment of sailors from other countries, and any money received for treating paying patients — including payments from other government departments — must be put back into the same government fund that originally paid the costs.
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Title 42, §238b
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Money collected as provided by law for expenses incurred in the care and treatment of foreign seamen, and money received for the care and treatment of pay patients, including any amounts received from any executive department on account of care and treatment of pay patients, shall be covered into the appropriation from which the expenses of such care and treatment were paid.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 300aaa–2 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103–43, to section 300cc–2 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 100–607, to section 300aa–2 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 99–660, and to section 221 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 98–24.
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42 U.S.C. § 238b
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73