50 U.S.C. § 3810 Emergency Medical Care

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023 Edition
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

Under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the President, funds available to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall also be available for the payment of actual and reasonable expenses of emergency medical care, including hospitalization, of registrants who suffer illness or injury, and the transportation and burial of the remains of registrants who suffer death, while acting under orders issued under the provisions of this chapter, but such burial expenses shall not exceed the maximum that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may pay under the provisions of section 2302(a) of title 38 in any one case.

Cite as 50 U.S.C. § 3810

Source: June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, §11, 62 Stat. 621; Pub. L. 92-129, title I, §101(a)(30), Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 352; Pub. L. 102-54, §13(t), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 102-83, §5(c)(2), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 116-315, title II, §2202(b)(2), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4985.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

Amendment of Section

Pub. L. 116-315, title II, §2202(b)(2), (d), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4985, provided that, applicable to deaths that occur on or after the date that is two years after Jan. 5, 2021, this section is amended by substituting "section 2303 of title 38 regarding veterans described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(2) of such section" for "section 2302(a) of title 38". See 2021 Amendment note below.