Pennsylvania Act 1933-121 — VETERANS, HOSPITALIZATION IN STATE-AIDED HOSPITALS

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VETERANS, HOSPITALIZATION IN STATE-AIDED HOSPITALS
                  Act of May 17, 1933, P.L. 803, No. 121              Cl. 35
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring State-aided hospitals under certain conditions
        immediately to admit indigent veterans, as herein defined,
        and to provide care and treatment for them until they can be
        accommodated in Federal institutions.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That within the meaning of
     this act, "veteran" shall mean any ex-service man or woman,
     having a legal residence in this Commonwealth, who has been
     honorably discharged from any branch of the military or naval
     forces of the United States, and ex-members of the army nurse
     corps (female), ex-members of the navy nurse corps (female), and
     women who were transported from the United States by the United
     States Government to serve in base hospitals overseas, and whose
     service with the United States Government terminated honorably,
     whether by discharge or otherwise.
        Section 2.  It shall be the duty of any State-aided hospital
     within this Commonwealth, which has facilities available for
     treatment of the disease with which an indigent veteran is
     afflicted, immediately to admit such veteran if sick or disabled
     and eligible for Federal hospitalization, if said indigent
     veteran has applied for Federal hospitalization and an emergency
     exists, and the hospital shall provide care and treatment for
     such veteran until such time as a bed is available in a Federal
     institution.
        Section 3.  Every State-aided hospital which cares for and
     treats an indigent veteran under the provisions of this act
     shall be compensated for such care and treatment as in the case
     of other indigent patients.
        Section 4.  This act shall become immediately effective upon
     its final enactment.