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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§1090a Identifying and Treating Eating Disorders

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 55 — MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE › § 1090a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard must make rules, use practical methods, and provide needed facilities to identify, treat, and help rehabilitate service members with eating disorders. Residential (inpatient) care is only allowed if the eating disorder is the member’s main diagnosis and inpatient treatment is medically needed under section 1079(r)(1)(B). Necessary facilities: ones that provide the services listed in section 1079(r)(1). Eating disorder: has the meaning given in section 1079(r).

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1090a

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Identification, Treatment, and Rehabilitation.—
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)Facilities Available.—
(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)Eating Disorder Defined.—
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

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1090a

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110