10 U.S.C. § 2559 — Provision of medical care to foreign military and diplomatic personnel: reimbursement required; waiver for provision of reciprocal services

(a) Reimbursement Required. Unless subsection (b) provides otherwise, whenever the Secretary of Defense provides medical care in the United States on an inpatient basis to foreign military and diplomatic personnel or their dependents, the Secretary must require that the United States be reimbursed for the costs of providing such care. Payments received as reimbursement for the provision of such care is credited to the appropriations against which charges were made for the provision of such care. (b) Waiver When Reciprocal Services Provided United States Military Personnel. Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may provide inpatient medical care in the United States without cost to military personnel and their dependents from a foreign country if comparable care is made available to a comparable number of United States military personnel and their dependents in that foreign country.