§ 1071 Purpose of this chapter
§ 1072 Definitions
§ 1073 Administration of this chapter
§ 1073a Contracts for health care: best value contracting
§ 1073b Recurring reports and publication of certain data
§ 1073c Administration of Defense Health Agency and military medical treatment facilities
§ 1073d Military medical treatment facilities
§ 1073e Protection of armed forces from infectious diseases
§ 1073f Health care fraud and abuse prevention program
§ 1074 Medical and dental care for members and certain former members
§ 1074a Medical and dental care: members on duty other than active duty for a period of more than 30 days
§ 1074b Medical and dental care: Academy cadets and midshipmen; members of, and designated applicants for membership in, Senior ROTC
§ 1074c Medical care: authority to provide a wig
§ 1074d Certain primary and preventive health care services
§ 1074e Medical care: certain Reserves who served in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf Conflict
§ 1074f Medical tracking system for members deployed overseas
§ 1074g Pharmacy benefits program
§ 1074h Medical and dental care: medal of honor recipients; dependents
§ 1074i Reimbursement for certain travel expenses
§ 1074j Sub-acute care program
§ 1074k Long-term care insurance
§ 1074l Notification to Congress of hospitalization of combat wounded members
§ 1074m Mental health assessments for members of the armed forces deployed in support of a contingency operation
§ 1074n Annual mental health assessments for members of the armed forces
§ 1074o Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain members
§ 1075 TRICARE Select
§ 1075a TRICARE Prime: cost sharing
§ 1076 Medical and dental care for dependents: general rule
§ 1076a TRICARE dental program
§ 1076c Dental insurance plan: certain retirees and their surviving spouses and other dependents
§ 1076d TRICARE program: TRICARE Reserve Select coverage for members of the Selected Reserve
§ 1076e TRICARE program: TRICARE Retired Reserve coverage for certain members of the Retired Reserve who are qualified for a non-regular retirement but are not yet age 60
§ 1076f TRICARE program: extension of coverage for certain members of the National Guard and dependents during certain disaster response duty
§ 1077 Medical care for dependents: authorized care in facilities of uniformed services
§ 1077a Access to military medical treatment facilities and other facilities
§ 1078 Medical and dental care for dependents: charges
§ 1078a Continued health benefits coverage
§ 1078b Provision of food to certain members and dependents not receiving inpatient care in military medical treatment facilities
§ 1079 Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: plans
§ 1079a TRICARE program: treatment of refunds and other amounts collected
§ 1079b Procedures for charging fees for care provided to civilians; retention and use of fees collected
§ 1079c Provisional coverage for emerging services and supplies
§ 1080 Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: election of facilities
§ 1081 Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: review and adjustment of payments
§ 1082 Contracts for health care: advisory committees
§ 1083 Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: additional hospitalization
§ 1084 Determinations of dependency
§ 1085 Medical and dental care from another executive department: reimbursement
§ 1086 Contracts for health benefits for certain members, former members, and their dependents
§ 1086a Certain former spouses: extension of period of eligibility for health benefits
§ 1086b Prohibition against requiring retired members to receive health care solely through the Department of Defense
§ 1087 Programing facilities for certain members, former members, and their dependents in construction projects of the uniformed services
§ 1088 Air evacuation patients: furnished subsistence
§ 1089 Defense of certain suits arising out of medical malpractice
§ 1090 Identifying and treating drug and alcohol dependence
§ 1090a Identifying and treating eating disorders.1
§ 1090b Commanding officer and supervisor referrals of members for mental health evaluations
§ 1091 Personal services contracts
§ 1092 Studies and demonstration projects relating to delivery of health and medical care
§ 1092a Persons entering the armed forces: baseline health data
§ 1093 Performance of abortions: restrictions
§ 1094 Licensure requirement for health-care professionals
§ 1094a Continuing medical education requirements: system for monitoring physician compliance
§ 1095 Health care services incurred on behalf of covered beneficiaries: collection from third-party payers
§ 1095a Medical care: members held as captives and their dependents
§ 1095b TRICARE program: contractor payment of certain claims
§ 1095c TRICARE program: facilitation of processing of claims
§ 1095d TRICARE program: waiver of certain deductibles
§ 1095e TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators
§ 1095f TRICARE program: referrals and preauthorizations under TRICARE Prime
§ 1095g TRICARE program: waiver of recoupment of erroneous payments caused by administrative error
§ 1096 Military-civilian health services partnership program
§ 1097 Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care
§ 1097a TRICARE Prime: automatic enrollments
§ 1097b TRICARE program: financial management
§ 1097c TRICARE program: relationship with employer-sponsored group health plans
§ 1097d TRICARE program: notice of change to benefits
§ 1098 Incentives for participation in cost-effective health care plans
§ 1099 Health care enrollment system and payment options
§ 1100 Defense Health Program Account
§ 1101 Resource allocation methods: capitation or diagnosis-related groups
§ 1102 Confidentiality of medical quality assurance records: qualified immunity for participants
§ 1103 Contracts for medical and dental care: State and local preemption
§ 1104 Sharing of health-care resources with the Department of Veterans Affairs
§ 1104a Shared medical facilities with Department of Veterans Affairs
§ 1105 Specialized treatment facility program
§ 1106 Submittal of claims: standard form; time limits
§ 1107 Notice of use of an investigational new drug or a drug unapproved for its applied use
§ 1107a Emergency use products
§ 1108 Health care coverage through Federal Employees Health Benefits program: demonstration project
§ 1109 Organ and tissue donor program
§ 1110 System for tracking and recording vaccine information; anthrax vaccine immunization program
§ 1110a Notification of certain individuals regarding options for enrollment under Medicare part B
§ 1110b TRICARE program: extension of dependent coverage

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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part II > Chapter 55 - Medical and Dental Care

  • action team: means a rural natural resources and economic diversification action team established by the Secretary pursuant to section 6613(b) of this title. See 7 USC 6612
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • economically disadvantaged: means economic hardship due to the loss of jobs or income (labor or proprietor) derived from forestry, the wood products industry, or related commercial enterprises such as recreation and tourism in the national forest. See 7 USC 6612
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • National Bank Examiner: An employee of the Comptroller of the Currency whose function is to examine national banks periodically to determine the financial position of a bank and the security of its deposits. The examiner also verifies that the bank maintains procedures consistent with federal banking laws and regulations. Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Ranking minority member: The highest ranking (and usually longest serving) minority member of a committee or subcommittee.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • rural community: means &mdash. See 7 USC 6612
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture. See 7 USC 6612
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • subgroup of students: means &mdash. See 20 USC 6311
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • subscription: includes a mark when the person making the same intended it as such. See 1 USC 1
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • vehicle: includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land. See 1 USC 4
  • vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1