{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s247e","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f247e.","heading":"National Hansen\u2019s Disease Programs Center","text":"\u00a7\u202f247e.\nNational Hansen\u2019s Disease Programs Center\n(a)\nCare and treatment\n(1) At or through the National Hansen\u2019s Disease Programs Center (located in the State of Louisiana), the Secretary shall without charge provide short-term care and treatment, including outpatient care, for Hansen\u2019s disease and related complications to any person determined by the Secretary to be in need of such care and treatment. The Secretary may not at or through such Center provide long-term care for any such disease or complication.\n(2) The Center referred to in paragraph (1) shall conduct training in the diagnosis and management of Hansen\u2019s disease and related complications, and shall conduct and promote the coordination of research (including clinical research), investigations, demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of Hansen\u2019s disease and other mycobacterial diseases and complications related to such diseases.\n(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to section 211 of the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1998.\n(b)\nAdditional sites authorized\nIn addition to the Center referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary may establish sites regarding persons with Hansen\u2019s disease. Each such site shall provide for the outpatient care and treatment for Hansen\u2019s disease and related complications to any person determined by the Secretary to be in need of such care and treatment.\n(c)\nAgency designated by Secretary\nThe Secretary shall carry out subsections (a) and (b) acting through an agency of the Service. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the agency designated by the Secretary shall carry out both activities relating to the provision of health services and activities relating to the conduct of research.\n(d)\nPayments to Board of Health of Hawaii\nThe Secretary shall make payments to the Board of Health of the State of Hawaii for the care and treatment (including outpatient care) in its facilities of persons suffering from Hansen\u2019s disease at a rate determined by the Secretary. The rate shall be approximately equal to the operating cost per patient of such facilities, except that the rate may not exceed the comparable costs per patient with Hansen\u2019s disease for care and treatment provided by the Center referred to in subsection (a). Payments under this subsection are subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s247e.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s247e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f247e."},{"t":"heading","text":"National Hansen\u2019s Disease Programs Center"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s247e/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Care and treatment"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s247e/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" At or through the National Hansen\u2019s Disease Programs Center (located in the State of Louisiana), the Secretary shall without charge provide short-term care and treatment, including outpatient care, for Hansen\u2019s disease and related complications to any person determined by the Secretary to be in need of such care and treatment. The Secretary may not at or through such Center provide long-term care for any such disease or complication.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s247e/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Center referred to in paragraph (1) shall conduct training in the diagnosis and management of Hansen\u2019s disease and related complications, and shall conduct and promote the coordination of research (including clinical research), investigations, demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of Hansen\u2019s disease and other mycobacterial diseases and complications related to such diseases.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s247e/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" Paragraph (1) is subject to section 211 of the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1998.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s247e/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Additional sites authorized"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In addition to the Center referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary may establish sites regarding persons with Hansen\u2019s disease. Each such site shall provide for the outpatient care and treatment for Hansen\u2019s disease and related complications to any person determined by the Secretary to be in need of such care and treatment.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s247e/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Agency designated by Secretary"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary shall carry out subsections (a) and (b) acting through an agency of the Service. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the agency designated by the Secretary shall carry out both activities relating to the provision of health services and activities relating to the conduct of research.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s247e/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Payments to Board of Health of Hawaii"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary shall make payments to the Board of Health of the State of Hawaii for the care and treatment (including outpatient care) in its facilities of persons suffering from Hansen\u2019s disease at a rate determined by the Secretary. The rate shall be approximately equal to the operating cost per patient of such facilities, except that the rate may not exceed the comparable costs per patient with Hansen\u2019s disease for care and treatment provided by the Center referred to in subsection (a). Payments under this subsection are subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}