Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 250

Medical care and treatment of Federal prisoners

section 4005 of title 18The Service shall supervise and furnish medical treatment and other necessary medical, psychiatric, and related technical and scientific services, authorized by , in penal and correctional institutions of the United States.

July 1, 1944, ch. 37358 Stat. 697(, title III, § 323, .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section 4005 of title 18act June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 684“” substituted in text for “the Act of , as amended (U.S.C., 1940 edition, title 18, secs. 751, 752)” on authority of , , the first section of which enacted Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88section 3508(b) of Title 20“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

80 Stat. 1610section 202 of this titleFunctions 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. , 31 F.R. 8855, , set out as a note under .