Sec. 301. Requirement that Secretary of Veterans Affairs furnish dental care in the same manner as any other medical service
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Title 38, United States Code, is amended— in section 1701(6), by striking as described in sections 1710 and 1712 of this title ; in section 1710(c), by striking the second sentence; in section 1712— by striking subsections
(a)and (b); by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and
(e)as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively; and in subsection (a), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)— by striking Dental appliances and inserting The Secretary may furnish dentures, dental appliances ; and by striking to be furnished by the Secretary under this section may be procured by the Secretary and inserting under this section and may procure such appliances ; and by striking section 2062. Such title is further amended— in section 1525(a), by striking medicines under section 1712(d) and inserting medicines under section 1712(b) ; and in section 1703(a)(7), by striking , for a veteran described in section 1712(a)(1)(F) of this title . Such title is further amended— in section 1712, in the heading for such section, by striking and inserting Dental care ; Appliances in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17, by striking the item relating to section 1712 and inserting the following new item: 1712. Appliances; drugs and medicines for certain disabled veterans; vaccines. ; and in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 20, by striking the item relating to section 2062.