38 USC § 1705A - Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts

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title: "38 USC § 1705A - Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1705A"
section_name: "Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 114–315, title VI, § 604(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1571; amended Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title I, § 142(c)(1), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5424.)"
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# § 1705A. Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts

**(a)** **In General.—**

**(1)** Any individual who seeks hospital care or medical services under this chapter shall provide to the Secretary such current information as the Secretary may require to identify any health-plan contract under which such individual is covered.

**(2)** The information required to be provided to the Secretary under paragraph (1) with respect to a health-plan contract shall include, as applicable, the following:

**(A)** The name of the entity providing coverage under the health-plan contract.

**(B)** If coverage under the health-plan contract is in the name of an individual other than the individual required to provide information under this section, the name of the policy holder of the health-plan contract.

**(C)** The identification number for the health-plan contract.

**(D)** The group code for the health-plan contract.

**(b)** **Action To Collect Information.—** The Secretary may take such action as the Secretary considers appropriate to collect the information required under subsection (a).

**(c)** **Effect on Services From Department.—** The Secretary may not deny any services under this chapter to an individual solely due to the fact that the individual fails to provide information required under subsection (a).

**(d)** **Health-Plan Contract Defined.—** In this section, the term “health-plan contract” has the meaning given that term in section 1725(h) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–315, title VI, § 604(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1571; amended Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title I, § 142(c)(1), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5424.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (d).  substituted “section 1725(h)” for “section 1725(f)”.