§321 — Title 24 Hospitals and Asylums | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. Department means the Department of Health and Human Services. Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. State means a U.S. State or Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia. Eligible person means someone for whom the HHS Secretary has two certificates: one from the Secretary of State confirming U.S. nationality, and one showing either a legal finding of insanity in a named foreign country or that the person in that country needed care in a mental hospital. Residence means whatever a State or local rule uses to decide who can be hospitalized in a public mental hospital.

Title 24, §321

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For the purposes of this chapter except as the context may otherwise require—

(a)The term “Department” means the Department of Health and Human Services.

(b)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

(c)The term “State” means a State or Territory of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.

(d)The term “eligible person” means an individual with respect to whom the following certificates are furnished to the Secretary:

(1)A certificate of the Secretary of State that such individual is a national of the United States; and

(2)Either (A) a certificate obtained or transmitted by the Secretary of State that such individual has been legally adjudged insane in a named foreign country, or (B) a certificate of an appropriate authority or person (as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) stating that at the time of such certification such individual was in a named foreign country and was in need of care and treatment in a mental hospital.

(e)The term “residence” means residence as determined under the applicable law or regulations of a State or political subdivision for the purpose of determining the eligibility of an individual for hospitalization in a public mental hospital.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (a) and “Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsecs. (b) and (d)(2), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 86–571, § 11,

July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 310, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and repealing section 191a and 196a of this title] shall, except as otherwise specified, take effect on the date of its enactment [

July 5, 1960].”

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