Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§7384t Medical benefits

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 84— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVI— - ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM › Part Part B— - Program Administration › § 7384t

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States must provide medical care, devices, and supplies for an illness when a qualified doctor prescribes them and the President approves that they are likely to cure, reduce, or relieve the illness. Care may be given by U.S. medical officers and hospitals or, if the person chooses, by doctors and hospitals the President has approved or named. A person may pick an initial doctor under rules the President sets. Necessary and reasonable travel and related costs to get the care can be paid. Benefits start on the date the person filed the claim under this subchapter. When the President approves them, payments come from the compensation fund in section 7384e. The rule took effect on July 31, 2001, unless Congress changed it before that date.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §7384t

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(a)The United States shall furnish, to an individual receiving medical benefits under this section for an illness, the services, appliances, and supplies prescribed or recommended by a qualified physician for that illness, which the President considers likely to cure, give relief, or reduce the degree or the period of that illness.

(b)(1)These services, appliances, and supplies shall be furnished by or on the order of United States medical officers and hospitals, or, at the individual’s option, by or on the order of physicians and hospitals designated or approved by the President.

(2)The individual may initially select a physician to provide medical services, appliances, and supplies under this section in accordance with such regulations and instructions as the President considers necessary.

(c)The individual may be furnished necessary and reasonable transportation and expenses incident to the securing of such services, appliances, and supplies.

(d)An individual receiving benefits under this section shall be furnished those benefits as of the date on which that individual submitted the claim for those benefits in accordance with this subchapter.

(e)The benefits provided under this section, when authorized or approved by the President, shall be paid from the compensation fund established under section 7384e of this title.

(f)This section shall take effect on July 31, 2001, unless Congress otherwise provides in an Act enacted before that date.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 7384t

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73