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10 U.S.C. § 1078 — Medical and dental care for dependents: charges

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10 U.S.C. § 1078 — Medical and dental care for dependents: charges

**(a)** The Secretary of Defense, after consulting the other administering Secretaries, shall prescribe fair charges for inpatient medical and dental care given to dependents under [section 1076 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1076&num=0&edition=prelim). The charge or charges prescribed shall be applied equally to all classes of dependents. **(b)** As a restraint on excessive demands for medical and dental care under [section 1076 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1076&num=0&edition=prelim), uniform minimal charges may be imposed for outpatient care. Charges may not be more than such amounts, if any, as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe after consulting the other administering Secretaries, and after a finding that such charges are necessary. **(c)** Amounts received for subsistence and medical and dental care given under [section 1076 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1076&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation supporting the maintenance and operation of the facility furnishing the care.

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10 U.S.C. § 1076 — Medical and dental care for dependents: general rule

**(a)** (1) A dependent described in paragraph (2) is entitled, upon request, to the medical and dental care prescribed by [section 1077 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1077&num=0&edition=prelim) in facilities of the uniformed services, subject to the availability of space and facilities and the capabilities of the medical and dental staff. (2) A dependent referred to in paragraph (1) is a dependent of a member of a uniformed service described in one of the following subparagraphs: (A) A member who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days or died while on that duty. (B) A member who died from an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated— (i) while the member was on active duty under a call or order to active duty of 30 days or less, on active duty for training, or on inactive-duty training; or (ii) while the member was traveling to or from the place at which the member was to perform, or had performed, such active duty, active duty for training, or inactive-duty training. (C) A member who died from an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated in the line of duty while the member remained overnight immediately before the commencement of inactive-duty training, or while the member remained overnight between successive periods of inactive-duty training, at or in the vicinity of the site of the inactive-duty training. (D) A member on active duty who is entitled to benefits under subsection (e) of [section 1074a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1074a&num=0&edition=prelim) by reason of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) of such section. (E) A member who died from an injury, illness, or disease in

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10 U.S.C. § 1071 — Purpose of this chapter

The purpose of this chapter is to create and maintain high morale in the uniformed services by providing an improved and uniform program of medical and dental care for members and certain former members of those services, and for their dependents.

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10 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions

**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title: (1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia. (2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.] (3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth. (4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. (5) The term “uniformed services” means— (A) the armed forces; (B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service. (6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments. (7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government. (8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. (9) The term

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10 U.S.C. § 1096 — Military-civilian health services partnership program; medical surge program

**(a) Resources Sharing Agreements.—** The Secretary of Defense may enter into an agreement providing for the sharing of resources between facilities of the uniformed services and facilities of a civilian health care provider or providers that the Secretary contracts with under section 1079, 1086, or 1097 of this title if the Secretary determines that such an agreement would result in the delivery of health care to which covered beneficiaries are entitled under this chapter in a more effective, efficient, or economical manner. **(b) Eligible Resources.—** An agreement entered into under subsection (a) may provide for the sharing of— (1) personnel (including support personnel); (2) equipment; (3) supplies; and (4) any other items or facilities necessary for the provision of health care services. **(c) Computation of Charges.—** A covered beneficiary who is a dependent, with respect to care provided to such beneficiary in facilities of the uniformed services under a sharing agreement entered into under subsection (a), shall pay the charges prescribed by [section 1078 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1078&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d) Reimbursement for License Fees.—** In any case in which it is necessary for a member of the uniformed services to pay a professional license fee imposed by a government in order to provide health care services at a facility of a civilian health care provider pursuant to an agreement entered into under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may reimburse the member for up to $500 of the amount of the license fee paid by the member. **(e) Medical Surge Program.—** (1) The Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall carry out a p

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10 U.S.C. § 1078 — Medical and dental care for dependents:

Page 1096 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 1078 (1) is not located, the Secretary shall ensure that members of the armed forces and covered beneficiaries may access urgent care clinics through the health care provider network under the TRICARE program. (3) A covered beneficiary may access urgent care services without the need for preauthorization for such services. (4) The Secretary shall— (A) publish information about changes in ac- cess to urgent care under the TRICARE pro- gram— (i) on the primary publicly available Inter- net website of the Department; and (ii) on the primary publicly available Internet website of each military medical treatment facility; and (B) ensure that such information is made available on the publicly available Internet website of each current managed care support contractor that has established a health care provider network under the TRICARE pro- gram. (b) NURSE ADVICE LINE.—The Secretary shall ensure that the nurse advice line of the Depart- ment directs covered beneficiaries seeking ac- cess to care to the source of the most appro- priate level of health care required to treat the medical conditions of the beneficiaries, includ- ing urgent care services described in subsection (a). (c) PRIMARY CARE CLINICS.—(1) The Secretary shall ensure that primary care clinics at mili- tary medical treatment facilities are available for members of the armed forces and covered beneficiaries between the hours determined ap- propriate under paragraph (2), including with re- spect to expanded hours described in subpara- graph (B) of such paragraph. (2)(A) The Secretary shall determine the hours that each primary care clinic at a military med- ical treatment facility is available for members of the armed forces and covered beneficiaries

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