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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 55— MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE · § 1672

§ 1672. MEDICAL CARE FOR FAMILIES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS INJURIES OR ILLNESSES.

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Medical Care at Military Medical Facilities.— Medical care .— A family member of a recovering service member who is not otherwise eligible for medical care at a military medical treatment facility may be eligible for such care at such facilities, on a space-available basis, if the family member is— on invitational orders while caring for the service member; a non-medical attendee caring for the service member; or receiving per diem payments from the Department of Defense while caring for the service member.
Specification of family members .— The Secretary of Defense may prescribe in regulations the family members of recovering service members who shall be considered to be a family member of a service member for purposes of this subsection. Specification of care .— The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations the medical care that may be available to family members under this subsection at military medical treatment facilities. Recovery of costs .— The United States may recover the costs of the provision of medical care under this subsection as follows (as applicable):
From third-party payers, in the same manner as the United States may collect costs of the charges of health care provided to covered beneficiaries from third-party payers under section 1095 of title 10 , United States Code. As if such care was provided under the authority of section 1784 of title 38 , United States Code. Medical Care at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities.— Medical care .— When a recovering service member is receiving hospital care and medical services at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may provide medical care for eligible family members under this section when that care is readily available at that Department facility and on a space-available basis.
Regulations .— The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe in regulations the medical care that may be available to family members under this subsection at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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