Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§8283 Emergency medical treatment: reimbursement for expense
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 833— - HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL CARE › § 8283
Summary
Navy Secretary must make rules to repay members for emergency medical costs—hospitalization, medicines—when they were on duty (leave or liberty counts) and no federal care was available.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8283
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The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations for reimbursing members of the naval service for expenses of emergency or necessary medical service, including hospitalization and medicines, when the member was in a duty status at the time he received the service and the service was not available from a Federal source. For the purpose of this section, a member on leave or liberty is in a duty status.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 620334 U.S.C. 921a.
May 4, 1948, ch. 254, § 2, 62 Stat. 208. 34 U.S.C. 921b.
May 4, 1948, ch. 254, § 3, 62 Stat. 208. The word “shall” is substituted for the words “authorized and directed to”. The word “members” is substituted for the word “persons”. The words “from civilian sources” are omitted as surplusage. The word “hospitalization” is substituted for the words “hospital service”. In the second sentence, the word “authorized” is omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Prior section 8284 and 8285 were repealed by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880, effective Sept. 15, 1981. section 8284, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 507, provided that appointments in commissioned grades in Regular Air Force be made by President, by and with advice and consent of Senate. See section 531 of this title. section 8285, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 507; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(4), 71 Stat. 386; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(167), 72 Stat. 1516, prescribed eligibility requirements for original appointment in a commissioned grade in Regular Air Force, except designation as a medical or dental officer and except a graduating cadet. See section 532 of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6203 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8283
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73