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Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-110

§1813 Health Care

Title 38 › PART II — GENERAL BENEFITS › CHAPTER 18 — BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS AND CERTAIN OTHER VETERANS › SUBCHAPTER II — CHILDREN OF WOMEN VIETNAM VETERANS BORN WITH CERTAIN BIRTH DEFECTS › § 1813

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give an eligible child the health care the Secretary finds necessary for the child’s covered birth defects and any disabilities tied to those defects. Care can be delivered directly by the Secretary or by contract or other arrangement with a health care provider. Definitions from section 1803(c) apply to this care, except that “specialized spina bifida clinic” means a specialized clinic for the birth defect at issue, and a reference to vocational training under section 1804 should be read as vocational training under section 1814.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §1813

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(a)Needed Care.—
The Secretary shall provide an eligible child such health care as the Secretary determines is needed by the child for that child’s covered birth defects or any disability that is associated with those birth defects.
(b)Authority for Care To Be Provided Directly or by Contract.—
The Secretary may provide health care under this section directly or by contract or other arrangement with a health care provider.
(c)Definitions.—
For purposes of this section, the definitions in section 1803(c) of this title shall apply with respect to the provision of health care under this section, except that for such purposes—
(1)the reference to “specialized spina bifida clinic” in paragraph (2) of that section shall be treated as a reference to a specialized clinic treating the birth defect concerned under this section; and
(2)the reference to “vocational training under section 1804 of this title” in paragraph (8) of that section shall be treated as a reference to vocational training under section 1814 of this title.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 1813 was renumbered section 3713 of this title. Another prior section 1813, Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1211, automatically guaranteed loans made to a veteran if made for the purpose of purchasing business property, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 93–569, § 7(a), Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1866.

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 1813

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110