Sec. 225. Authority to provide services to non-chief of mission personnel
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Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4084 ) is amended— in subsection (g), by striking abroad for employees and eligible family members and inserting under this section ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary is authorized to direct health care providers employed under subsection
(c)of this section to furnish physical and mental health care services to an individual otherwise ineligible for services under this section if necessary to preserve life or limb or if intended to facilitate an overseas evacuation, recovery, or return. Such services may be provided incidental to the following activities: Activities undertaken abroad pursuant to section 3 and section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2670 , 2671). Recovery of hostages or of wrongfully or unlawfully detained individuals abroad, including pursuant to section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 1741 ). Secretarial dispatches to international disaster sites deployed pursuant to section 207 of the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 ( 22 U.S.C. 5506 ). Deployments undertaken pursuant to section 606(a)(6)(A)(iii) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 ( 22 U.S.C. 4865(a)(6)(A)(iii) ). The Secretary shall prioritize the allocation of Department resources to the health care program described in subsections
(a)through
(g)above the functions described in paragraph (1). The Secretary should prescribe applicable regulations to implement this section, taking into account the prioritization in paragraph
(2)and the activities described in paragraph (1). Services rendered under this subsection shall be provided on a reimbursable basis to the extent practicable. .