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 PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2801 determines necessary for the effective administration of the plan for a dependent covered by this paragraph.". (c) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. —The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to the dependents described in such amendments of a member of a uniformed service who dies on or after October 1, 1993, while on active duty for a period of more thsin 30 days. (d) CONFORMING REPEAL.— Section 704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160; 107 Stat. 1687) is repealed. The repeal of such section shall not terminate the special payment rules provided in such section with respect to any person eligible for such payment rules on the date of the enactment of this Act. 10 USC 1076a note. 10 USC 1086 note. Subtitle B—Changes to Existing Laws Regarding Health Care Management SEC. 711. COORDINATION OF BENEFITS WITH MEDICARE. Section 1086(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), if a person described in paragraph (2) receives medical or dental care for which payment may be made under medicare and a plan contracted for under subsection (a), the amount payable for that care under the plan shall be the amount of the actual out-of-pocket costs incurred by the person for that care over the sum of— "(i) the amount paid for that care under medicare; and "(ii) the total of all amounts paid or payable by third party payers other than medicare. "(B) The amount payable for care under a plan pursuant to subparagraph (A) may not exceed the total amount that would be paid under the plan if payment for that care were made solely under the plan. "(C) In this paragraph: "(i) The term 'medicare' means title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.). "(ii) The term 'third party payer' has the meaning given such term in section 1095(h)(1) of this title.". SEC. 712. AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSE FEES UNDER RESOURCE SHARING AGREE- MENTS. Section 1096 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(d) REIMBURSEMENT FOR LICENSE FEES. — In any case in which it is necessary for a member of the uniformed services to pay a professional license fee imposed by a government in order to provide health care services at a facility of a civilian health care provider pursuant to an agreement entered into under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may reimburse the member for up to $500 of the amount of the license fee paid by the member.".

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