42 C.F.R. PART 32—MEDICAL CARE FOR PERSONS WITH HANSEN'S DISEASE AND OTHER PERSONS IN EMERGENCIES
Title 42 - Public Health
Authority: Secs. 320, 321 and 322(b), Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247e, 248 and 249(b)).
Source: 40 FR 25816, June 19, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
All terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as given them in the Act. (a) Act means the Public Health Service Act, approved July 1, 1944, 58 Stat. 682, as amended; (b) Service means the Public Health Service; (c) Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services to whom the authority involved may have been delegated. (d) Authorizing official means Service officers or employees duly designated by the Director, Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance, to authorize and provide care and treatment to beneficiaries at Service expense. [40 FR 25816, June 19, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 10318, Mar. 11, 1983] (a) Under this part the following persons are entitled to care and treatment by the Service as hereinafter prescribed: (1) Persons afflicted with Hansen's disease; and (2) Non-beneficiaries for temporary treatment and care in cases of emergency. (b) Separate regulations govern: (1) The medical care of certain personnel, and their dependents, of the Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service (see part 31 of this chapter); (2) Physical and mental examination of aliens (see part 34 of this chapter); and (3) Medical care for Native Americans (see part 36 of this chapter). [48 FR 10318, Mar. 11, 1983] Any person with Hansen's disease who presents himself for care or treatment or who is referred to the Service by the proper health authority of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia shall be received into the Service hospital at Carville, Louisiana, or into any other hospital of the Service which has been designated by the Secretary as being suitable for the accommodation of persons with Hansen's disease. At the earliest practicable date, after the arrival of a patient at the Service hospital at Carville, Louisiana, or at another hospital of the Service the medical staff shall confirm or disprove the diagnosis of Hansen's disease. If the diagnosis of Hansen's disease is confirmed, the patient shall be provided appropriate inpatient or outpatient treatment. If the diagnosis is not confirmed, the patient shall be discharged. [40 FR 25816, June 19, 1975; 40 FR 36774, Aug. 22, 1975] Patients will be provided necessary clinical examinations which may be required for the diagnosis of primary or secondary conditions, and such treatment as may be prescribed. Patients with Hansen's disease will be discharged when, in the opinion of the medical staff of the hospital, optimum hospital benefits have been received. Upon the discharge of a patient the medical officer in charge shall give notification of such discharge to the appropriate health officer of the State, Territory, or other jurisdiction in which the discharged patient is to reside. The notification shall also set forth the clinical findings and other essential facts necessary to be known by the health officer relative to such discharged patient. Hansen's disease patients being treated on either an inpatient or outpatient basis at a hospital or clinic facility of the Service, other than the National Center for Hansen's Disease (Carville, Louisiana), may, at the sole discretion of the Secretary and subject to available appropriations, be provided care for the treatment of Hansen's disease at the expense of the Service upon closure or transfer of such hospital or clinic pursuant to section 987 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L. 97–35). Payment will only be made for care arranged for by an authorizing official of the Service as defined in §32.1(f) of this part. [46 FR 51918, Oct. 23, 1981] (a) Persons not entitled to treatment by the Service may be provided temporary care and treatment at medical care facilities of the Service in case of emergency as an act of humanity. (b) Persons referred to in paragraph (a) of this section who, as determined by the officer in charge of the Service facility, are able to defray the cost of their care and treatment shall be charged for such care and treatment at the following rates (which shall be deemed to constitute the entire charge in each instance): In the case of hospitalization, at the current interdepartmental reciprocal per diem rate; and, in the case of outpatient treatment, at rates established by the Secretary.
Title 42: Public Health
PART 32—MEDICAL CARE FOR PERSONS WITH HANSEN'S DISEASE AND OTHER PERSONS IN EMERGENCIES
Section Contents
Definitions
§ 32.1 Meaning of terms.
Beneficiaries
§ 32.6 Persons eligible.
Persons With Hansen's Disease
§ 32.86 Admissions to Service facilities.
§ 32.87 Confirmation of diagnosis.
§ 32.88 Examinations and treatment.
§ 32.89 Discharge.
§ 32.90 Notification to health authorities regarding discharged patients.
§ 32.91 Purchase of services for Hansen's disease patients.
Nonbeneficiaries: Temporary Treatment in Emergency
§ 32.111 Conditions and extent of treatment; charges.
Definitions
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§ 32.1 Meaning of terms.
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Beneficiaries
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§ 32.6 Persons eligible.
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Persons With Hansen's Disease
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§ 32.86 Admissions to Service facilities.
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§ 32.87 Confirmation of diagnosis.
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§ 32.88 Examinations and treatment.
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§ 32.89 Discharge.
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§ 32.90 Notification to health authorities regarding discharged patients.
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§ 32.91 Purchase of services for Hansen's disease patients.
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Nonbeneficiaries: Temporary Treatment in Emergency
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§ 32.111 Conditions and extent of treatment; charges.
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