Executive Order 11116—Prescribing Rates of Charges for Certain Hospitalization and Dispensary Services and Delegating Authority to Prescribe Such Rates

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 4 of the Act of May 10, 1943 (24 U.S.C. 34), and by Section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Rates. Rates of charges for hospitalization and dispensary services are hereby prescribed, under the last sentence of Section 4 of the Act of May 10, 1948, c. 95, 57 Stat. 81 (24 U.S.C. 34), and for the purposes of that section, as follows:

(1) Inpatient care, per diem:

(i) For employees of the United States who are not citizens of the United States and their dependents, $5.00

(ii) For all others, 37.00

(2) Each outpatient treatment, examination, or consultation:

(i) For employees of the United States and their dependents, 1.00

( ii ) For all others, 8. 00

SEC. 2. Delegation. (a) Executive Order No. 10530 of May 10, 1954, headed "Providing for the performance of certain functions vested in or subject to the approval of the President," as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end of Section 1 thereof the following paragraph:

"(w) The authority vested in the President by the last sentence of Section 4 of the Act of May 10, 1943, c. 95, 57 Stat. 81 (24 U.S.C. 34), to prescribe from time to time rates of charges for hospitalization and dispensary services."

(b) The provisions of Section 1 of this order shall be subject to amendment, supersedure, or revocation, in whole or in part and at any time or times after the effective date of this order, under authority of Section 1 (w) of Executive Order No. 10530 (as added by Section 2 (a) of this order).

SEC. 3. Revocation. Executive Order No. 9411 of December 23, 1943, is hereby revoked.

SEC. 4. Effective date. The provisions of this order shall become effective on January 1, 1964.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 5, 1963