Title 10 of the U.S. Code § 1077a - Access to military medical treatment facilities and other facilities
Full text of § 1077a from Title 10 of the United States Code.
§ 1077a. Access to military medical treatment facilities and other facilities
(a)
(2) With respect to areas in which a military medical treatment facility covered by paragraph (1) is not located, the Secretary shall ensure that members of the armed forces and covered beneficiaries may access urgent care clinics through the health care provider network under the TRICARE program.
(3) A covered beneficiary may access urgent care services without the need for preauthorization for such services.
(4) The Secretary shall—
(A) publish information about changes in access to urgent care under the TRICARE program—
(i) on the primary publicly available Internet website of the Department; and
(ii) on the primary publicly available Internet website of each military medical treatment facility; and
(B) ensure that such information is made available on the publicly available Internet website of each current managed care support contractor that has established a health care provider network under the TRICARE program.
(b)
(c)
(2)(A) The Secretary shall determine the hours that each primary care clinic at a military medical treatment facility is available for members of the armed forces and covered beneficiaries based on—
(i) the needs of the military medical treatment facility to meet the access standards under the TRICARE Prime program; and
(ii) the primary care utilization patterns of members and covered beneficiaries at such military medical treatment facility.
(B) The primary care clinic hours at a military medical treatment facility determined under subparagraph (A) shall include expanded hours beyond regular business hours during weekdays and the weekend if the Secretary determines under such subparagraph that sufficient demand exists at the military medical treatment facility for such expanded primary care clinic hours.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VII, §704(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2200.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Implementation
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VII, §704(c), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2201, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense shall implement—
"(1) subsection (a) of section 1077a of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section, by not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2016]; and
"(2) subsection (c) of such section by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act."
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