2018 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part V - Boards, Administrations, and Services
Chapter 73 - Veterans Health Administration-Organization and Functions
Subchapter II - General Authority and Administration
Sec. 7322 - Breast cancer mammography policy
| 38 U.S.C. § 7322 (2018) |
| §7322. Breast cancer mammography policy |
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(a) The Under Secretary for Health shall develop a national policy for the Veterans Health Administration on mammography screening for veterans. (b) The policy developed under subsection (a) shall— (1) specify standards of mammography screening; (2) provide recommendations with respect to screening, and the frequency of screening, for— (A) women veterans who are over the age of 39; and (B) veterans, without regard to age, who have clinical symptoms, risk factors, or family history of breast cancer; and (3) provide for clinician discretion. |
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(Added Pub. L. 105–114, title II, §208(a)(1), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2289.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 105–114, title II, §208(b), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2289, provided that: "The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop the national policy on mammography screening required by section 7322 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), and shall furnish such policy in a report to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 21, 1997]. Such policy shall not take effect before the expiration of 30 days after the date of its submission to those committees." SENSE OF CONGRESSPub. L. 105–114, title II, §208(c), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2290, provided that: "It is the sense of Congress that the policy developed under section 7322 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be in accordance with the guidelines endorsed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institutes of Health." |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART V - BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES CHAPTER 73 - VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION-ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS SUBCHAPTER II - GENERAL AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTRATION Sec. 7322 - Breast cancer mammography policy |
| section 7322 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 111 Stat. 2289, 2290 |
| Public Law 105-114 |
