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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§1151 Retention of Assistive Technology and Services Provided Before Separation

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 58 — BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS BEING SEPARATED OR RECENTLY SEPARATED › § 1151

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows a service member who was given an assistive technology or device for a severe or debilitating illness or injury that happened or got worse while on active duty to be allowed, under rules set by the Secretary of Defense, to keep that technology or device when leaving active service. The terms "assistive technology" and "assistive technology device" refer to tools or equipment that help people with disabilities and are defined in section 3 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3002).

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Title 10, §1151

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(a)Authority.—
A member of the armed forces who is provided an assistive technology or assistive technology device for a severe or debilitating illness or injury incurred or aggravated by such member while on active duty may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, be authorized to retain such assistive technology or assistive technology device upon the separation of the member from active service.
(b)Definitions.—
In this section, the terms “assistive technology” and “assistive technology device” have the meaning given those terms in section 3 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3002).

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 1151, added Pub. L. 102–484, div. D, title XLIV, § 4441(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2725; amended Pub. L. 103–35, title II, § 201(f)(1), May 31, 1993, 107 Stat. 99; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 561(k), title XIII, § 1331(a)–(c)(1), (d)–(g), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1668, 1791–1793; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 543(c), title X, § 1070(a)(7), title XI, § 1131(a), (b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2769, 2855, 2871; Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 391(b)(1), (2), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4021; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1503(a)(10), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 511; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 576(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2535; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(a)(19), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1901, related to assistance to separated members to obtain certification and employment as teachers or employment as teachers’ aides, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title XVII, § 1707(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 823.

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10 U.S.C. § 1151

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110