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38 U.S.C. § 1723 — Furnishing of clothing
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The Secretary shall not furnish clothing to persons who are in Department facilities, except (1) where the furnishing of such clothing to indigent persons is necessary to protect health or sanitation, and (2) where the Secretary furnishes veterans with special clothing made necessary by the wearing of prosthetic appliances.
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The Secretary shall not furnish clothing to persons who are in Department facilities, except (1) where the furnishing of such clothing to indigent persons is necessary to protect health or sanitation, and (2) where the Secretary furnishes veterans with special clothing made necessary by the wearing of prosthetic appliances.
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the President pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Secretary may pay the actual necessary expense of travel (including lodging and subsistence), or in lieu thereof an allowance based upon mileage (at a rate of 41.5 cents per mile), of any person to or from a Department facility or other place in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling required by the Secretary pursuant to chapter 34 or 35 of this title, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Actual necessary expense of travel includes the reasonable costs of airfare if travel by air is the only practical way to reach a Department facility. In addition to the mileage allowance authorized by this section, there may be allowed reimbursement for the actual cost of ferry fares, and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls.
**(b)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and notwithstanding subsection (g)(2) of this section or any other provision of law, if, with respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary exercises the authority under this section to make any payments, the Secretary shall make the payments provided for in this section to or for the following persons for travel during such fiscal year for examination, treatment, or care for which the person is eligible:
(A) A veteran or other person whose travel is in connection with treatment or care for a service-connected disability.
(B) A veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more.
(C) A veteran receiving pension under [section 1521 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521&num=0&edition=prelim).
(D) A veteran (i) who is not traveling by air and whose annual income (as determined under [secti
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**(a)** The Secretary shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible person in—
(1) any bartending course or personality development course;
(2) any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field;
(3) any type of course which the Secretary finds to be avocational or recreational in character (or the advertising for which the Secretary finds contains significant avocational or recreational themes) unless the eligible person submits justification showing that the course will be a bona fide use in the pursuit of the person’s present or contemplated business or occupation; or
(4) any independent study program except an accredited independent study program (including open circuit television) leading to a standard college degree.
**(b)** The Secretary shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible person in any course of flight training other than one given by an educational institution of higher learning for credit toward a standard college degree the eligible person is seeking.
**(c)** The Secretary shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible person in any course to be pursued by radio.
**(d)** The Secretary shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible person in any course which is to be pursued as a part of such person’s regular secondary school education (except as provided in [section 3533 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3533&num=0&edition=prelim)), but this subsection shall not prevent the enrollment of an eligible person in a course not leading to a standard college degree if the Secretary finds that such person has ended such person’s secondary school education (by completion or otherwise) and that such course is a specialized voc
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 1723
this title or any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary may not impose or collect a copayment
for the first three mental health care outpatient
visits of a veteran in a calendar year for which
the veteran would otherwise be required to pay
a copayment under the laws administered by the
Secretary.
(b) COPAYMENT FOR MEDICATIONS.—The prohi-
bition under subsection (a) shall not apply with
respect to the imposition or collection of copay-
ments for medications pursuant to section 1722A
of this title.
(c) MENTAL HEALTH CARE OUTPATIENT VISIT
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘mental
health care outpatient visit’’ means an out-
patient visit with a qualified mental health pro-
fessional for the primary purpose of seeking
mental health care or treatment for substance
abuse disorder.
(d) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on
the date that is five years after the date of the
enactment of the Joseph Maxwell Cleland and
Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits
and Health Care Improvement Act of 2022.
(Added Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title I, § 193A(a),
Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5440.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The date of the enactment of the Joseph Maxwell
Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans
Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2022, re-
ferred to in subsec. (d), is the date of enactment of Pub.
L. 117–328, which was approved Dec. 29, 2022.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2023 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title I, § 193A(b), Dec. 29, 2022,
136 Stat. 5440, provided that: ‘‘The amendment made by
subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply with
respect to mental health care outpatient visits occur-
ring on or after the date that is 18
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