A BILL

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 5, 1955
• Content Type: OPEN

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84TII CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
. R. 280
IN THE HOUSE 01' REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1955
Mr. JUDD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the. Corn-
inittee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To provide for the admission to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, in the
District of Columbia, of certain citizens of the United States
adjudged insane in foreign countries.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That, upon the application of the Secretary of State, the
4 Secretary of Health, I"Aducation, and Welfare is authorized to
5 admit to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, in the District of Co-
6 lumbia, for treatment, any citizen of the United States legally
7 adjudged insane in a foreign country, or certified by appro-
8 priate authorities (as determined by the Secretary of Health,
9 Education, and Welfare) to be in need of care and treat-
10 ment in a mental hospital, whose legal residence in a State,
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Territory, or the District of Columbia, it has been impossible
to establish. Upon the ascertainment of the legal residence
of any person so transferred to the hospital, the superin-
tendent of the hospital shall thereupon transfer such person
to such place of residence, and the expenses attendant thereon
shall be paid from the appropriation for the support of the
hospital.
SEC. 2. Upon the request of any person admitted to
Saint Elizabeths Hospital under the first section of this Act,
or upon the request of any relative or friend, he shall have
a hearing in the district court of the United States for the
District of Columbia upon his mental condition and the
right of the superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital to
hold him for treatment.
SEC. 3. The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the
admission to Saint Elizabeths Hospital of insane persons
belonging to the Foreign Service of the United States", ap-
proved October 29, 1941, is hereby repealed.
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