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[CITE: 42USC2652]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 32--THIRD PARTY LIABILITY FOR HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CARE
 
Sec. 2652. Regulations


(a) Determination and establishment of reasonable value of care and 
        treatment

    The President may prescribe regulations to carry out this chapter, 
including regulations with respect to the determination and 
establishment of the reasonable value of the hospital, medical, 
surgical, or dental care and treatment (including prostheses and medical 
appliances) furnished or to be furnished.

(b) Settlement, release and waiver of claims

    To the extent prescribed by regulations under subsection (a) of this 
section, the head of the department or agency of the United States 
concerned may (1) compromise, or settle and execute a release of, any 
claim which the United States has by virtue of the right established by 
section 2651 of this title; or (2) waive any such claim, in whole or in 
part, for the convenience of the Government, or if he determines that 
collection would result in undue hardship upon the person who suffered 
the injury or disease resulting in care or treatment described in 
section 2651 of this title.

(c) Damages recoverable for personal injury unaffected

    No action taken by the United States in connection with the rights 
afforded under this legislation shall operate to deny to the injured 
person the recovery for that portion of his damage not covered 
hereunder.

(Pub. L. 87-693, Sec. 2, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 593.)

  Ex. Ord. No. 11060. Delegation of Authority To Prescribe Regulations

    Ex. Ord. No. 11060, Nov. 7, 1962, 27 F.R. 10925, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 12608, Sept. 9, 1987, 52 F.R. 34617, provided:
    Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Title 3 of the 
United States Code and by Section 2(a) of the Act of September 25, 1962 
(Public Law 87-693) [subsec. (a) of this section], it is hereby ordered 
as follows:
    Section 1. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall, for the purposes of the Act of September 25, 1962, [this 
chapter], from time to time, determine and establish rates that 
represent the reasonable value of hospital, medical, surgical, or dental 
care and treatment (including prostheses and medical appliances) 
furnished or to be furnished.
    Sec. 2. Except as provided in Section 1 of this order, the Attorney 
General shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of the Act 
of September 25, 1962 [this chapter].
