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38 U.S.C. § 1705A - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 38. Veterans' Benefits § 1705A. Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)In general.--(1) 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.

(2) 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:

(A) The name of the entity providing coverage under the health-plan contract.

(B) 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.

(C) The identification number for the health-plan contract.

(D) The group code for the health-plan contract.

(b)Action to collect information.--The Secretary may take such action as the Secretary considers appropriate to collect the information required under subsection (a).

(c)Effect on services from Department.--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).

(d)Health-plan contract defined.--In this section, the term “health-plan contract” has the meaning given that term in section 1725(h) of this title.

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