Reading Room Document

Payment of fees for private physicians appointed under section 303 of the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act (42 U.S.C. § 3413)

The document discusses the payment of fees for private physicians appointed under section 303 of the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act. It concludes that there is no clear appropriation for the payment of these physicians, and suggests that the Comptroller General should resolve the matter. The document presents questions regarding the availability of appropriations for this purpose, with a focus on whether the Department of Justice, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, or the courts should bear the cost of the physicians' fees. It also raises questions about the authority of the courts to compensate private physicians appointed under the Act.

January 29, 1969