§ 247e.
(a)
Care and treatment
(1)
At or through the National Hansen’s 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’s 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.
(2)
The Center referred to in paragraph (1) shall conduct training in the diagnosis and management of Hansen’s 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’s disease and other mycobacterial diseases and complications related to such diseases.
(3)
Paragraph (1) is subject to section 211 of the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1998.
([July 1, 1944, ch. 373], title III, § 320, formerly § 331, [58 Stat. 698]; [June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 4], [62 Stat. 1018]; [June 25, 1952, ch. 460], [66 Stat. 157]; [Pub. L. 86–624, § 29(b)], July 12, 1960, [74 Stat. 419]; renumbered § 339, [Pub. L. 94–484, title IV, § 407(b)(2)], Oct. 12, 1976, [90 Stat. 2268]; renumbered § 320, and amended [Pub. L. 95–626, title I, § 105(a)], Nov. 10, 1978, [92 Stat. 3560]; [Pub. L. 96–32, § 7(b)], July 10, 1979, [93 Stat. 84]; [Pub. L. 99–117, § 2(a)], Oct. 7, 1985, [99 Stat. 491]; [Pub. L. 105–78, title II, § 211(h)], Nov. 13, 1997, [111 Stat. 1494]; [Pub. L. 107–220, § 1(a)], Aug. 21, 2002, [116 Stat. 1332].)