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38 U.S.C. § 1711 — Care during examinations and in emergencies

submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-857 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 164 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary may provide hospital care for certain examinations and may contract for emergency services at national conventions. A former subsection (b) is repealed.

(a) The Secretary may provide hospital care connected with physical examinations when the examinations are needed to carry out other laws administered by the Secretary. (b) Repealed. (c)(1) The Secretary may contract with an organization named in or approved under section 5902 to provide emergency medical services, on a reimbursable basis set by the Secretary, to people attending that organization’s national convention. Reimbursement is not required to the extent the person would otherwise qualify for medical services under this chapter. (2) Contract authority applies in a fiscal year only to the extent and amount provided by appropriation Acts.

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(a)

The Secretary may furnish hospital care incident to physical examinations where such examinations are necessary in carrying out the provisions of other laws administered by the Secretary.

[(b)

Repealed. Pub. L. 107–135, title II, § 208(d), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2463.]

(c)
(1)

The Secretary may contract with any organization named in, or approved by the Secretary under, section 5902 of this title to provide for the furnishing by the Secretary, on a reimbursable basis (as prescribed by the Secretary), of emergency medical services to individuals attending any national convention of such organization, except that reimbursement shall not be required for services furnished under this subsection to the extent that the individual receiving such services would otherwise be eligible under this chapter for medical services.

(2)

The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts under this subsection shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1142, § 611; Pub. L. 94–581, title II, §§ 202(e), 210(a)(2), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2856, 2862; Pub. L. 96–22, title II, § 202, June 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 54; Pub. L. 96–128, title V, § 501(a), Nov. 28, 1979, 93 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 239; renumbered § 1711 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406; Pub. L. 107–135, title II, § 208(d), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2463.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-857 · 72 Stat. 1142
  • 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-581 · 90 Stat. 2856, 2862
  • 1979Amended · Pub. L. 96-22 · 93 Stat. 54
  • 1979Amended · Pub. L. 96-128 · 93 Stat. 987
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-40 · 105 Stat. 239
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 404
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-135 · 115 Stat. 2463

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 85-857 on 1958-09-02.

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