38 U.S.C. § 1705A
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- (a)
- (1)Any individual who seeks hospital care or medical services under this chapter shall provide to the Secretary such current information as the Secretary may require to identify any health-plan contract under which such individual is covered.
- (2)The information required to be provided to the Secretary under paragraph (1) with respect to a health-plan contract shall include, as applicable, the following:
- (A)The name of the entity providing coverage under the health-plan contract.
- (B)If coverage under the health-plan contract is in the name of an individual other than the individual required to provide information under this section, the name of the policy holder of the health-plan contract.
- (C)The identification number for the health-plan contract.
- (D)The group code for the health-plan contract.
- (b)The Secretary may take such action as the Secretary considers appropriate to collect the information required under subsection (a).
- (c)The Secretary may not deny any services under this chapter to an individual solely due to the fact that the individual fails to provide information required under subsection (a).
- (d)In this section, the term “health-plan contract” has the meaning given that term in section 1725(h) of this title.