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[CITE: 10USC1095f]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 55--MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE
 
Sec. 1095f. TRICARE program: referrals for specialty health care

    The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that no contract for managed 
care support under the TRICARE program includes any requirement that a 
managed care support contractor require a primary care or specialty care 
provider to obtain prior authorization before referring a patient to a 
specialty care provider that is part of the network of health care 
providers or institutions of the contractor.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VII, Sec. 728(a)(1)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-189.)


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VII, Sec. 728(c)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-189, provided that: ``Section 1095f of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with 
respect to a TRICARE managed care support contract entered into by the 
Department of Defense after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 
30, 2000].''
