Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§1090a Identifying and treating eating disorders
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE › § 1090a
Summary
Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security (Coast Guard when not in Navy) must set rules, use methods, and provide facilities to identify, treat, and rehabilitate members with eating disorders. Facilities include services in 1079(r)(1); residential care requires a primary eating-disorder diagnosis and medical need under 1079(r)(1)(B); "eating disorder" per 1079(r).
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1090a
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(a)The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, shall prescribe regulations, implement procedures using each practical and available method, and provide necessary facilities to identify, treat, and rehabilitate members of the armed forces who have an eating disorder.
(b)(1)In this section, the term “necessary facilities” includes facilities that provide the services specified in section 1079(r)(1) of this title.
(2)Consistent with section 1079(r)(1)(B) of this title, residential services shall be provided to a member pursuant to this section only if the member has a primary diagnosis of an eating disorder and treatment at such facility is medically indicated for treatment of that eating disorder.
(c)In this section, the term “eating disorder” has the meaning given that term in section 1079(r) of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1090a was renumbered section 1090b of this title.
Amendments
2023—Pub. L. 118–31 struck out period at end of section catchline.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 2022, see section 701(d) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2021 Amendment note under section 1079 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 1090a
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73