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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 321. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter except as the context may
otherwise require -
(a) The term "Department" means the Department of Health and
Human Services.
(b) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
(c) The term "State" means a State or Territory of the United
States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of
Columbia.
(d) The term "eligible person" means an individual with respect
to whom the following certificates are furnished to the Secretary:
(1) A certificate of the Secretary of State that such
individual is a national of the United States; and
(2) Either (A) a certificate obtained or transmitted by the
Secretary of State that such individual has been legally adjudged
insane in a named foreign country, or (B) a certificate of an
appropriate authority or person (as determined in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services) stating that at the time of such certification such
individual was in a named foreign country and was in need of care
and treatment in a mental hospital.
(e) The term "residence" means residence as determined under the
applicable law or regulations of a State or political subdivision
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of an individual for
hospitalization in a public mental hospital.
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