Section 1240-01-44-.01 - CARE AND TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL NATIONALS RETURNED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIESPublic Law 86-571, approved July 5, 1960, provides a program of return to the US, reception, temporary care, treatment, and assistance for citizens of the US who have been adjudged insane in a foreign country and who are in need of care and treatment in a mental hospital.
(1) Only US citizens in foreign countries certified by appropriate authorities as being mentally ill and in need of care and treatment in a mental hospital are eligible for this service.(2) Arrangements for reception into the US and immediate service are made through the US Department of State.(3) Once immediate service has been provided and it is determined that the person is in need of continuing care treatment assistance, the State Department makes arrangements with an agency in the state to which the person may be transferred (in Tennessee, DHS) to provide for further service to the person.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-01-44-.01
Original rule filed August 15, 1980; effective September 29, 1980.Authority:45 CFR 211.1 through 211.15.