Payment for Medical Care at U.S. Military Hospitals
- Officers or enlisted men admitted to U.S. military hospitals receive treatment with fees limited to the standard subsistence and attendance charges.
- Payments made by the Philippines Constabulary paymaster to the chief surgeon of the Division of the Philippines.
- No personal fees to individual hospital officers are allowed.
Appropriations and Reimbursements for Medical Services
- Medical attendance appropriations for the Philippines Constabulary can be used for payments under this Act.
- Officers are entitled only to reimbursement for hospital charges related to duty-incurred injury or disability.
- Payments are subject to conditions in Act Numbered 807.
Retroactive Authorization of Certain Payments Suspended by the Auditor
- Auditor authorized to credit accounts of disbursing officers for previously suspended payments to U.S. Army medical officers/contract surgeons.
- Appropriations covering such amounts are confirmed for these payments.
- This Act applies retroactively to allow such corrections.
Payments by Provincial Treasurers for Medical Services to Provincial Prisoners
- Auditor may allow credit for payments to U.S. Army officers or salaried medical officers not legally required to render service if no authorized medical officer was available.
- Payments must be reasonable, with reasonableness certified by the Commissioner of Public Health.
- Presidents of provincial/municipal boards of health may be required to render free medical services to Constabulary members, provincial prisoners, or indigent persons on proper notice.
- Such health board presidents cannot receive payment for services to persons entitled to free medical attendance.
Expedited Enactment Due to Public Good
- The Act was expedited according to procedural rules due to public necessity.
Effectivity of the Act
- The Act took effect immediately upon passage on November 7, 1903.