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US CodeTitle 38Chapter 17§ 1705A

§ 1705A

Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts

38 U.S.C. § 1705A.
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Subchapter: GENERAL
((a)) ** .—** ((1)) Any individual who seeks hospital care or medical services under this chapter shall provide to the Secretary such current information as the Secretary may require to identify any health-plan contract under which such individual is covered. ((2)) The information required to be provided to the Secretary under paragraph (1) with respect to a health-plan contract shall include, as applicable, the following: ((A)) The name of the entity providing coverage under the health-plan contract. ((B)) If coverage under the health-plan contract is in the name of an individual other than the individual required to provide information under this section, the name of the policy holder of the health-plan contract. ((C)) The identification number for the health-plan contract. ((D)) The group code for the health-plan contract. ((b)) ** .—** The Secretary may take such action as the Secretary considers appropriate to collect the information required under subsection (a). ((c)) ** .—** The Secretary may not deny any services under this chapter to an individual solely due to the fact that the individual fails to provide information required under subsection (a). ((d)) ** .—** In this section, the term “health-plan contract” has the meaning given that term in .

Release: pl-119-59 (2025-12-18)

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