14 USC § 948 - Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s948"
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title: "14 USC § 948 - Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "948"
section_name: "Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–595, title III, § 319(a), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2989, § 668; renumbered § 948, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205.)"
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# § 948. Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care

**(a)** The Secretary may contract for the delivery of health care to which covered beneficiaries are entitled under chapter 55 of title 10. The Secretary may enter into a contract under this section with any of the following:

**(1)** Health maintenance organizations.

**(2)** Preferred provider organizations.

**(3)** Individual providers, individual medical facilities, or insurers.

**(4)** Consortiums of these providers, facilities, or insurers.

**(b)** A contract entered into under this section may provide for the delivery of—

**(1)** selected health care services;

**(2)** total health care services for selected covered beneficiaries; or

**(3)** total health care services for all covered beneficiaries who reside in a geographic area designated by the Secretary.

**(c)** The Secretary may prescribe a premium, deductible, copayment, or other change for health care provided under this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–595, title III, § 319(a), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2989, § 668; renumbered § 948, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.