Us Code § 1074c - Medical care: authority to provide a wig
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§ 1074c. Medical care: authority to provide a wig
A person entitled to medical care under this chapter who has alopecia resulting from the treatment of a malignant disease may be furnished a wig if the person has not previously been furnished one at the expense of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, §1401(e)(2)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2616, §1074b; renumbered §1074c, Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VI, §640(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1385.)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 98–473, title I, §101(h) [title VIII, §8033], Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1904, 1929.
Pub. L. 98–212, title VII, §739, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1445.
Pub. L. 97–377, title I, §101(c) [title VII, §742], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1833, 1858.
Pub. L. 97–114, title VII, §743, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1586.
Pub. L. 96–527, title VII, §744, Dec. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 3089.
Amendments
1991—Pub. L. 102–190 renumbered section 1074b of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98–525, set out as a note under section 520b of this title.
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