10 USC § 1078 - Medical and dental care for dependents: charges

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title: "10 USC § 1078 - Medical and dental care for dependents: charges"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1078"
section_name: "Medical and dental care for dependents: charges"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(25)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1448; amended Pub. L. 89–614, § 2(5), Sept. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 863; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(36), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2923; Pub. L. 98–557, § 19(6), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2869.)"
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# § 1078. Medical and dental care for dependents: charges

**(a)** The Secretary of Defense, after consulting the other administering Secretaries, shall prescribe fair charges for inpatient medical and dental care given to dependents under section 1076 of this title. The charge or charges prescribed shall be applied equally to all classes of dependents.

**(b)** As a restraint on excessive demands for medical and dental care under section 1076 of this title, uniform minimal charges may be imposed for outpatient care. Charges may not be more than such amounts, if any, as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe after consulting the other administering Secretaries, and after a finding that such charges are necessary.

**(c)** Amounts received for subsistence and medical and dental care given under section 1076 of this title shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation supporting the maintenance and operation of the facility furnishing the care.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(25)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1448; amended Pub. L. 89–614, § 2(5), Sept. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 863; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(36), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2923; Pub. L. 98–557, § 19(6), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2869.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1078(a)1078(b)1078(c) | 37:403(c).37:403(d).37:403(e). | June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 103(c)(d), (e), 70 Stat. 251. |

Appropriate references are made to dental care throughout the section to reflect the fact that in certain limited situations, dependents are entitled to dental care under 37:403(h)(4), restated as .

In subsection (b), the word “special” is omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1078, , , prescribed instructions for marking ballots, prior to repeal by , , , as superseded by the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 which is classified to subchapter I–D (§ 1973cc et seq.) of chapter 20 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

### Amendments

1984—Subsecs. (a), (b).  substituted reference to other administering Secretaries for reference to Secretary of Health and Human Services.

1980—Subsecs. (a), (b).  substituted “Secretary of Health and Human Services” for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare”.

1966—Subsec. (a).  substituted “The charge or charges prescribed shall be applied equally to all classes of dependents” for “Charges shall be the same for all dependents”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1966 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by , see , set out as a note under .