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PUBLIC LAW 89-614-SEPT. 30, 1966

"(4) A member who has more than one dependent incurring expenses in a given month under a plan covered by subsection (d) shall not be required to pay an amount greater than he would be required to pay if he had but one such dependent. " (f) To qualify for the benefits provided by subsection (d), members shall be required to use public facilities to the extent they are available and adequate as determined under joint regulations of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare." (7) The following new sections are added after section 1085: "§1086. Contracts for health benefits for certain members, former members, and their dependents " (a) To assure that health benefits are available for the persons covered by subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall contract under the authority of this section for health benefits for those persons under the same insurance, medical service, or health plans he contracts for under section 1079(a) of this title. "(b) For persons covered by this section the plans contracted for under section 1079(a) of this title shall contain the following provisions for payment by the patient: "(1) Except as provided in clause (2), the first $50 each fiscal year of the charges for all types of care authorized by this section and received while in an outpatient status and 25 per centum of all subsequent charges for such care during a fiscal year. "(2) A family group of two or more persons covered by this section shall not be required to pay collectively more than the first $100 each fiscal year of the charges for all types of care authorized by this section and received while in an outpatient status and 25 per centum of the additional charges for such care during a fiscal year. " (3) 25 per centum of the charges for inpatient care. "(c) The following persons are eligible for health benefits under this section: "(1) Those covered by sections 1074(b) and 1076(b) of this title, except those covered by section 1072(2)(F) of this title. " (2) A dependent of a member of a uniformed service who died while on active duty for a period of more than thirty days, except a dependent covered by section 1072(2)(F) of this title. However, a person who is entitled to hospital insurance benefits under title I of the Social Security Amendments of 1965 (79 Stat. 286) is not eligible for health benefits under this section. " (d) No benefits shall be payable under any plan covered by this section in the case of a person enrolled in any other insurance, medical service, or health plan provided by law or through employment unless that person certifies that the particular benefit he is claiming is not payable under the other plan. (e) A person covered by this section may elect to receive benefits either in (1) Government facilities, under the conditions prescribed in sections 1074 and 1076-1078 of this title, or (2) the facilities provided under a plan contracted for under this section. However, under joint regulations issued by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the right to make this election may be limited for those persons residing in an area where adequate facilities of the uniformed service are available.

Use of public facilities.

Ante, p. 863.

Payment provi-

Eligibility for health benefits. Ante, p. 862; 72 Stat. 1446.

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