Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102

§948 Contracts for Medical Care for Retirees, Dependents, and Survivors: Alternative Delivery of Health Care

Title 14 › SUBTITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 9 — ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER II — MISCELLANEOUS › § 948

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may make contracts with outside health plans or providers to give the health care that covered beneficiaries get under chapter 55 of title 10. Contracts can be with HMOs, PPOs, individual doctors or medical facilities, insurers, or groups of these. A contract can cover some services, full care for certain beneficiaries, or full care for all beneficiaries who live in an area the Secretary picks, and the Secretary can set premiums, deductibles, copays, or other charges for that care.

Full Legal Text

Title 14, §948

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(a)The Secretary may contract for the delivery of health care to which covered beneficiaries are entitled under chapter 55 of title 10. The Secretary may enter into a contract under this section with any of the following:

(1)Health maintenance organizations.

(2)Preferred provider organizations.

(3)Individual providers, individual medical facilities, or insurers.

(4)Consortiums of these providers, facilities, or insurers.

(b)A contract entered into under this section may provide for the delivery of—

(1)selected health care services;

(2)total health care services for selected covered beneficiaries; or

(3)total health care services for all covered beneficiaries who reside in a geographic area designated by the Secretary.

(c)The Secretary may prescribe a premium, deductible, copayment, or other change for health care provided under this section.

Legislative History

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Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 668 of this title as this section.

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Citation

14 U.S.C. § 948

Title 14, Coast Guard

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102