§3441. Outpatient services; establishment

The Surgeon General is authorized to establish, as an integral part of the program of treatment for narcotic addiction authorized by section 257 of this title, outpatient services to (1) provide guidance and give psychological help and supervision to patients and other individuals released from hospitals of the Service after treatment for narcotic drug addiction, utilizing all available resources of local, public and private agencies, and (2) assist States and municipalities in developing treatment programs and facilities for individuals so addicted, including posthospitalization treatment programs and facilities for the care and supervision of narcotic addicts released after confinement under this or any other Act providing for treatment of drug addiction. The Surgeon General shall take into consideration in supplying such services the extent of drug addiction in the various States and political subdivisions thereof and the willingness of such States and subdivisions to cooperate in developing a sound program for the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts.

( Pub. L. 89–793, title IV, §401, Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1448 .)

References in Text

This Act, referred to in cl. (2), means Pub. L. 89–793, Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1438 , as amended, which enacted this chapter, sections 4251 to 4255 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, sections 2901 to 2906 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, amended section 257 of this title and section 7237 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 3401 of this title and section 4202 of Title 18. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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 of 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.