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# 38 U.S.C. § 1751 - Screening, counseling, and medical treatment

## Text

The Secretary is authorized to carry out a comprehensive program of providing sickle cell anemia screening, counseling, treatment, and information under the provisions of this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 93–82, title I, § 109(a), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 186, § 651; renumbered § 1751 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 651 of this title as this section and substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93–82, set out as an Effective Date of 1973 Amendment note under section 1701 of this title.