
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 42USC238a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
                    Part B--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 238a. Use of immigration station hospitals

    The Immigration and Naturalization Service may, by agreement of the 
heads of the departments concerned, permit the Public Health Service to 
use hospitals at immigration stations for the care of Public Health 
Service patients. The Surgeon General shall reimburse the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service for the actual cost of furnishing fuel, 
light, water, telephone, and similar supplies and services, which 
reimbursement shall be covered into the proper Immigration and 
Naturalization Service appropriation, or such costs may be paid from 
working funds established as provided by law, but no charge shall be 
made for the expense of physical upkeep of the hospitals. The 
Immigration and Naturalization Service shall reimburse the Surgeon 
General for the care and treatment of persons detained in hospitals of 
the Public Health Service at the request of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service unless such persons are entitled to care and 
treatment under section 249(a) \1\ of this title.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    \1\ See References in Text note below.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, Sec. 232, formerly title V, Sec. 502, 
58 Stat. 710, renumbered title XXI, Sec. 2102, Pub. L. 98-24, 
Sec. 2(a)(1), Apr. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 176; renumbered title XXIII, 
Sec. 2302, Pub. L. 99-660, title III, Sec. 311(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 
Stat. 3755; renumbered title XXV, Sec. 2502, Pub. L. 100-607, title II, 
Sec. 201(1), (2), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3062; renumbered title XXVI, 
Sec. 2602, Pub. L. 100-690, title II, Sec. 2620(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 
Stat. 4244; renumbered title XXVII, Sec. 2702, Pub. L. 101-381, title I, 
Sec. 101(1), (2), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 576; renumbered title II, 
Sec. 232, Pub. L. 103-43, title XX, Sec. 2010(a)(1)-(3), June 10, 1993, 
107 Stat. 213.)

                       References in Text

    Subsec. (a) of section 249 of this title, referred to in text, which 
related to persons entitled to care and treatment without charge, was 
repealed, and subsec. (c) of section 249 of this title was redesignated 
as subsec. (a), by Pub. L. 97-35, title IX, Sec. 986(a), (b)(2), Aug. 
13, 1981, 95 Stat. 603.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 300aaa-1 of this title 
prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103-43, to section 300cc-1 of this title 
prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 100-607, to section 300aa-1 of this 
title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 99-660, and to section 220 of this 
title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 98-24.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health 
Service, and all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, 
and functions all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred to 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 
1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set out as a note 
under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.
    Functions of all other officers of Department of Justice and 
functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few 
exceptions, transferred to Attorney General, with power vested in him to 
authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by 
any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by sections 1 and 2 of 
Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3173, 64 Stat. 
1261, which were repealed by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 
80 Stat. 662. Immigration and Naturalization Service, referred to in 
this section, is a bureau in Department of Justice.
