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 100 STAT. 3896

PUBLIC LAW 99-661—NOV. 14, 1986

Secretary submits the report required by paragraph (2) with respect to such waiver. 10 USC 1099.

"§ 1099. Health care enrollment system ^ c* "(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.—The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the other administering Secretaries, shall establish a system of health care enrollment for covered beneficiaries who reside in the United States. "(b) DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM.—Such system shall—

Contracts.

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10 USC 1100.

Contracts.

10 USC 1079, 1086, 1092; ante, p. 3895.

"(1) allow covered beneficiaries to elect a health care plan from eligible health care plans designated by the Secretary of Defense; or "(2) if necessary in order to ensure full use of facilities of the uniformed services in a geographical area, assign covered beneficiaries who reside in such area to such facilities. "(c) HEALTH CARE PLANS AVAILABLE UNDER SYSTEM.—A health care plan designated by the Secretary of Defense under the system described in subsection (a) shall provide all health care to which a covered beneficiary is entitled under this chapter. Such a plan may consist of any of the following: "(1) Use of facilities of the uniformed services. "(2) The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services. "(3) Any other health care plan contracted for by the Secretary of Defense. "(4) Any combination of the plans described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). "(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the other administering Secretaries, shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. "§ 1100. Military Health Care Account "(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.—(1) There is hereby established in the Department of Defense an account to be known as the 'Military Health Care Account'. All sums appropriated to carry out the functions of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services shall be appropriated to the account. "(2) Amounts appropriated to the account shall remain available until obligated or expended under subsection (b) or (c). "(b) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS FROM ACCOUNT BY SECRETARY OF

DEFENSE.—The Secretary of Defense may obligate or expend funds from the account for purposes of entering into a contract under section 1079, 1086, 1092, or 1097 of this title to the extent amounts are available in the account. "(c) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS IN ACCOUNT FOR PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE BY SERVICE SECRETARIES.—(1) The Secretary of a military

department shall, before the beginning of a fiscal year quarter, provide to the Secretary of Defense an estimate of the amounts necessary to pay for charges for benefits under the program for covered beneficiaries under the jurisdiction of the Secretary for that quarter. "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall, subject to amounts provided in advance in appropriation Acts, make available to each Secretary of a military department the amount from the account that the Secretary of Defense determines is necessary to pay for charges for

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