38 U.S.C. § 1705A — Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts
submitted 10 years ago by Pub. L. 114-315 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 215 words · no verdicts yet
A person seeking hospital care or medical services must give the Secretary current information about any health-plan contract covering the person. The Secretary may collect the information but may not deny Department services solely because the person does not provide it.
(a) General rule. (1) Anyone seeking hospital care* or medical services* under this chapter must give the Secretary* the current information the Secretary requires to identify any health-plan contract covering that person. (2) The information must include, when applicable, (A) the coverage provider’s name; (B) the policyholder’s name if it is someone else; (C) the contract identification number; and (D) the group code. (b) Collection. The Secretary may take appropriate action to collect the information. (c) Services. The Secretary may not deny chapter services solely because the person failed to provide the information. (d) Defined term. "Health-plan contract" has the meaning given in section 1725(h) of this title. This section does not define it.
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.
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:
The name of the entity providing coverage under the health-plan contract.
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.
The identification number for the health-plan contract.
The group code for the health-plan contract.
The Secretary may take such action as the Secretary considers appropriate to collect the information required under subsection (a).
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).
In this section, the term “health-plan contract” has the meaning given that term in section 1725(h) of this title.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 114–315, title VI, § 604(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1571; amended Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title I, § 142(c)(1), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5424.)
- 2016Enacted · Pub. L. 114-315 · 130 Stat. 1571
- 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-328 · 136 Stat. 5424
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 114-315 on 2016-12-16.
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