Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§2559 Provision of Medical Care to Foreign Military and Diplomatic Personnel: Reimbursement Required; Waiver for Provision of Reciprocal Services
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter 152— ISSUE OF SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND FACILITIES › § 2559
Summary
Defense must be paid back when it gives inpatient (hospital) care in the U.S. to foreign military, diplomats, or their dependents; payments go to the accounts that paid. The Secretary may waive payment if the foreign country gives similar care to a similar number of U.S. personnel.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §2559
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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), whenever the Secretary of Defense provides medical care in the United States on an inpatient basis to foreign military and diplomatic personnel or their dependents, the Secretary shall require that the United States be reimbursed for the costs of providing such care. Payments received as reimbursement for the provision of such care shall be credited to the appropriations against which charges were made for the provision of such care.
(b)Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may provide inpatient medical care in the United States without cost to military personnel and their dependents from a foreign country if comparable care is made available to a comparable number of United States military personnel and their dependents in that foreign country.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 101–165, title IX, § 9020, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1133, which was set out as a note under section 2241 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–510, § 1481(f)(3).
Amendments
2000—Pub. L. 106–398 renumbered section 2549 of this title as this section.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 2559
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60