Pub. L. 90-248, tit. II, pt. 2, sec. 232

observance of religious beliefs

EnactedYear: 1968Length: 133 wordsOfficial source
observance of religious beliefs Sec. 232. Title XIX of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 226 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “observance of religious beliefs “Sec. 1907. Nothing in this title shall be construed to require any State which has a plan approved under this title to compel any person to undergo any medical screening, examination, diagnosis, or treatment or to accept any other health care or services provided under such plan for any purpose (other than for the purpose of discovering and preventing the spread of infection or contagious disease or for the purpose of protecting environmental health), if such person objects (or, in case such person is a child, his parent or guardian objects) thereto on religious grounds.”
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