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[CITE: 10USC1096]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 55--MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE
 
Sec. 1096. Military-civilian health services partnership program

    (a) Resources Sharing Agreements.--The Secretary of Defense may 
enter into an agreement providing for the sharing of resources between 
facilities of the uniformed services and facilities of a civilian health 
care provider or providers that the Secretary contracts with under 
section 1079, 1086, or 1097 of this title if the Secretary determines 
that such an agreement would result in the delivery of health care to 
which covered beneficiaries are entitled under this chapter in a more 
effective, efficient, or economical manner.
    (b) Eligible Resources.--An agreement entered into under subsection 
(a) may provide for the sharing of--
        (1) personnel (including support personnel);
        (2) equipment;
        (3) supplies; and
        (4) any other items or facilities necessary for the provision of 
    health care services.

    (c) Computation of Charges.--A covered beneficiary, with respect to 
care provided to such beneficiary in facilities of the uniformed 
services under a sharing agreement entered into under subsection (a), 
shall pay--
        (1) in the case of a dependent, the charges prescribed by 
    section 1078 of this title; and
        (2) in the case of a member or former member entitled to retired 
    or retainer pay, the charges prescribed by section 1075 of this 
    title.

    (d) Reimbursement for License Fees.--In any case in which it is 
necessary for a member of the uniformed services to pay a professional 
license fee imposed by a government in order to provide health care 
services at a facility of a civilian health care provider pursuant to an 
agreement entered into under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 
may reimburse the member for up to $500 of the amount of the license fee 
paid by the member.

(Added Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title VII, Sec. 701(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 
100 Stat. 3894; amended Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title VII, Sec. 712, 
Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2801.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-337 added subsec. (d).
