10 U.S.C. § 1078b — Provision of food to certain members and dependents not receiving inpatient care in military medical treatment facilities

(a) General rule. (1) Under regulations, the Secretary may provide food and beverages at no cost to an individual in paragraph (2). (2)(A) The individual may be a member, former member, or dependent receiving outpatient care at a military medical treatment facility whom the Secretary determines cannot buy food or beverages there because of that care. (B) The individual may be a member, former member, or dependent who is a family member of an infant receiving inpatient care, cares for the infant during that care, and whom the Secretary determines cannot buy food or beverages because of providing that care. (C) The individual may be a member, former member, or dependent whom the Secretary determines is in similar circumstances. (b) Regulations. The Secretary must make the regulations consistent with generally accepted practices in private medical treatment facilities.