§1100 Defense Health Program Account

1996—Pub. L. 104–106, § 735(d)(1), amended section catchline generally, substituting “Defense Health Program Account” for “Military Health Care Account”. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–106, § 735(a)(1), substituted “Defense Health Program Account” for “Military Health Care Account” and “medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense” for “the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–106, § 735(b), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “Amounts appropriated to the account shall remain available until obligated or expended under subsection (b) or (c).” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–106, § 735(a)(2), substituted “conducting programs and activities under this chapter, including contracts entered into” for “entering into a contract” and inserted comma after “title”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–106, § 735(c), redesignated subsec. (e) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: “Allocation of Amounts in Account for Provision of Medical Care by Service Secretaries.—(1) The Secretary of a military department shall, before the beginning of a fiscal year quarter, provide to the Secretary of Defense an estimate of the amounts necessary to pay for charges for benefits under the program for covered beneficiaries under the jurisdiction of the Secretary for that quarter. “(2) The Secretary of Defense shall, subject to amounts provided in advance in appropriation Acts, make available to each Secretary of a military department the amount from the account that the Secretary of Defense determines is necessary to pay for charges for benefits under the program for covered beneficiaries under the jurisdiction of such Secretary for that quarter.” Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–106, § 735(c)(1), struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: “Expenditure of Amounts From Account by Service Secretaries.—The Secretary of a military department shall provide medical and dental care to covered beneficiaries under the jurisdiction of the Secretary for a fiscal year quarter from amounts appropriated to the Secretary and from amounts from the account made available for that quarter to the Secretary by the Secretary of Defense. If the Secretary of a military department exhausts the amounts from the account made available to the Secretary for a fiscal year quarter, the Secretary shall transfer to the account from amounts appropriated to the Secretary an amount sufficient to provide medical and dental care to covered beneficiaries under the jurisdiction of the Secretary for the remainder of the fiscal year quarter.” Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–106, § 735(c)(2), redesignated subsec. (e) as (c). Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104–106, § 735(c)(1), struck out subsec. (f) which read as follows: “Definitions.—In this section: “(1) The term ‘account’ means the Military Health Care Account established in subsection (a). “(2) The term ‘program’ means the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services.”