§3810. Emergency medical care

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 2303 of title 38 regarding veterans described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(2) of such section in any one case.

(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 .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this title", meaning title I of act June 24, 1948, ch. 625, 62 Stat. 604 , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 461 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2021-Pub. L. 116–315 substituted "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".

1991-Pub. L. 102–83 substituted "section 2302(a) of title 38" for "section 902(a) of title 38".

Pub. L. 102–54 substituted "Secretary of Veterans Affairs" for "Administrator of Veterans' Affairs".

1971-Pub. L. 92–129 substituted "the maximum that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may pay under the provisions of section 902(a) of title 38" for "$150".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 116–315 applicable to deaths that occur on or after the date that is two years after Jan. 5, 2021, see section 2202(d) of Pub. L. 116–315, set out as a note under section 113 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.