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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 654 -JUNE 25, 1948 58 Stat. 696. 42U.S.C.§248(c), (d). Burial expenses. 58 Stat. 696. 42U.S. C.,Supp.I, 249 note. 58 Stat. 698. Transportation of recovered leper pa- tients. 58 Stat. 701. Transportation of cured indigent ad- dicts. 58 Stat. 710. Availability of funds for court costs. 58 Stat. 711. Availability of appropriations. devices, and tobacco; and from time to time, with the approval of the President, select suitable sites for and establish such addi- tional institutions, hospitals, and stations in the States and pos- sessions of the United States as in his judgment are necessary to enable the Service to discharge its functions and duties;". (b) Such section is further amended by striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (c), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (d) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and by insert- ing after paragraph (d) the following new paragraph: "(e) Provide, to the extent the Surgeon General determines that other public or private funds are not available therefor, for the payment of expenses of preparing and transporting the remains of, or the payment of reasonable burial expenses for, any patient dying in a hospital or station." Sea. 3 . Subsection (e) of section 322 of such Act (42 U. S. C. 249 (e)) is amended by inserting after the phrase "Persons entitled to care and treatment under subsection (a) of this section" the words "and per- sons whose care and treatment is authorized by subsection (c)". SEa. 4. Section 331 of such Act (42 U. S. C. 255) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Such funds shall also be available, subject to regulations, for transportation of recovered indigent leper patients to their homes within the continental United States, including subsistence allowance while traveling." SEC. 5. Subsection (b) of section 344 of such Act (42 U. S C. 260 (b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sen- tence: "Appropriations available for the care and treatment of addicts admitted to a hospital of the Service under this section shall be avail- able, subject to regulations, for paying the cost of transportation to any place within the continental United States, including subsistence allowance while traveling, for any indigent addict who is discharged as cured." SEC. 6. Section 504 of such Act (42 U. S. C. 222) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Funds avail- able for the operation of such hospitals, institutions, and stations of the Service shall also be available for expenditure to meet court costs and other expenses of the Service incident to proceedings for the com- mitment, to Saint Elizabeths Hospital or to any hospital, institution, or station of the Service, of any mentally incompetent person entitled to treatment by the Service." SEC. 7. Section 509 of such Act (42 U. S. C. 227) is amended to read as follows: "SEm. 509. Appropriations for carrying out the purposes of this Act shall be available for expenditure for personal services and rent at the seat of Government; books of reference, periodicals, and exhibits; printing and binding; transporting in Government-owned automotive equipment, to and from school, children of personnel who have quar- ters for themselves and their families at stations determined by the Surgeon General to be isolated stations; expenses incurred in pursuing, identifying, and returning prisoners who escape from any hospital, institution, or station of the Service or from the custody of any officer or employee of the Service, including rewards for the capture of such prisoners; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning such wearing apparel as may be prescribed by the Surgeon General for use by employees in the performance of their official duties; reimbursing officers and employees, subject to regulations of the Administrator, for the cost of repairing or replacing their personal belongings damaged or destroyed by patients while such officers or employees are engaged in the performnce of their official duties; and maintenance of buildings of the National Institute of Health." Approved June 25, 1948. 1018 [62 STAT.

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