{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s1813","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1813.","heading":"Health care","text":"\u00a7\u202f1813.\nHealth care\n(a)\nNeeded Care.\u2014\nThe Secretary shall provide an eligible child such health care as the Secretary determines is needed by the child for that child\u2019s covered birth defects or any disability that is associated with those birth defects.\n(b)\nAuthority for Care To Be Provided Directly or by Contract.\u2014\nThe Secretary may provide health care under this section directly or by contract or other arrangement with a health care provider.\n(c)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nFor purposes of this section, the definitions in\n(1) the reference to \u201cspecialized spina bifida clinic\u201d 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\n(2) the reference to \u201cvocational training under\nsection 1804 of this title\nsection 1814 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s1813.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1813","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1813."},{"t":"heading","text":"Health care"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1813/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Needed Care.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Secretary shall provide an eligible child such health care as the Secretary determines is needed by the child for that child\u2019s covered birth defects or any disability that is associated with those birth defects.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1813/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authority for Care To Be Provided Directly or by Contract.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Secretary may provide health care under this section directly or by contract or other arrangement with a health care provider.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1813/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this section, the definitions in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1803(c) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s1803/c","tail":" shall apply with respect to the provision of health care under this section, except that for such purposes\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1813/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the reference to \u201cspecialized spina bifida clinic\u201d 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1813/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the reference to \u201cvocational training under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1804 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s1804","tail":"\u201d in paragraph (8) of that section shall be treated as a reference to vocational training under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1814 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s1814","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}