42 U.S.C. § 214a — Repealed. Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1211, § 5, 68

Page 82 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 214a 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. § 214a. Repealed. Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1211, § 5, 68 Stat. 1130 Section, act July 31, 1953, ch. 296, title II, § 204, 67 Stat. 257, related to allowances for use of taxicabs, etc., around duty posts. § 215. Detail of Service personnel (a) Other Government departments The Secretary is authorized, upon the request of the head of an executive department, to detail officers or employees of the Service to such de- partment for duty as agreed upon by the Sec- retary and the head of such department in order to cooperate in, or conduct work related to, the functions of such department or of the Service. When officers or employees are so detailed their salaries and allowances may be paid from work- ing funds established as provided by law or may be paid by the Service from applicable appro- priations and reimbursement may be made as agreed upon by the Secretary and the head of the executive department concerned. Officers detailed for duty with the Army, Air Force, Navy, or Coast Guard shall be subject to the laws for the government of the service to which detailed. (b) State health or mental health authorities Upon the request of any State health author- ity or, in the case of work relating to mental health, any State mental health authority, per- sonnel of the Service may be detailed by the Surgeon General for the purpose of assisting such State or a political subdivision thereof in work related to the functions of the Service. (c) Congressional committees and nonprofit edu- cational, research, or other institutions en- gaged in health activities for special studies and dissemination of information The Surgeon General may detail personnel of the Service to any appropriate committee of the Congress or to nonprofit educational, research 1 or other institutions engaged in health activi- ties for special studies of scientific problems and for the dissemination of information relating to public health. (d) Availability of funds; reimbursement by State; detailed services deemed service for computation of pay, promotion, etc. Personnel detailed under subsections (b) and (c) shall be paid from applicable appropriations of the Service, except that, in accordance with regulations such personnel may be placed on leave without pay and paid by the State, sub- division, or institution to which they are de- tailed. In the case of detail of personnel under subsections (b) or (c) to be paid from applicable Service appropriations, the Secretary may con- dition such detail on an agreement by the State, subdivision, or institution concerned that such State, subdivision, or institution concerned shall reimburse the United States for the amount of such payments made by the Service. The services of personnel while detailed pursu- ant to this section shall be considered as having been performed in the Service for purposes of the computation of basic pay, promotion, retire- ment, compensation for injury or death, and the benefits provided by section 213 of this title. (e) Commissioned Corps officers; urgent or emer- gency public health care needs Except with respect to the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Defense, and except as provided in agreements negotiated with officials at agencies where officers of the Commissioned Corps may be assigned, the Sec- retary shall have the sole authority to deploy any Commissioned Corps officer assigned under this section to an entity outside of the Depart- ment of Health and Human Services for service under the Secretary’s direction in response to an urgent or emergency public health care need (as defined in section 204a(a)(5) of this title). (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 214, 58 Stat. 690; July 3, 1946, ch. 538, § 6, 60 Stat. 423; Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, title V, § 521(e), 63 Stat. 835; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 96–76, title III, § 309, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 585; Pub. L. 109–417, title II, § 206(c)(1), Dec. 19, 2006, 120 Stat. 2853.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION In subsec. (a), Air Force was inserted on the author- ity of section 207(a), (f) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 502, which established a separate Depart- ment of the Air Force, and Secretary of Defense Trans- fer Order No. 40 [App. A(74)], July 22, 1949, which trans- ferred certain functions, insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, which were not previously transferred to the Department of the Air Force and Secretary of the Air Force. Section 207(a), (f) of act July 26, 1947, was re- pealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’, which in sections 8010 to 8013 con- tinued the Department of the Air Force under the ad- ministrative supervision of a Secretary of the Air Force. AMENDMENTS 2006—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–417 added subsec. (e). 1979—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–76, § 309(a), inserted pro- visions authorizing detail of personnel to appropriate committees of Congress. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–76, § 309(b), inserted provisions relating to agreements by States, etc., for reimburse- ment upon detail of personnel. 1949—Subsec. (d). Act Oct. 12, 1949, substituted ‘‘the computation of basic pay’’ for ‘‘longevity pay’’. 1946—Subsec. (b). Act July 3, 1946, provided for detail of personnel on request from a State mental health au- thority. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub- stituted for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel- fare’’ in subsecs. (a), (d), and (e), and ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services’’ substituted for ‘‘Depart- ment of Health, Education, and Welfare’’ in subsec. (e), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1949 AMENDMENT Amendment by act Oct. 12, 1949, effective Oct. 1, 1949, see section 533(a) of act Oct. 12, 1949, set out as a note under section 854a of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities