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# 38 U.S.C. § 1789 - Mental health services for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces

## Text

The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may furnish mental health services to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.

(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title VII, § 763(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3725.)