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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 55 — Medical and Dental Care

§ 1091a. Identification in patient medical records of affiliation of certain non-Department of Defense health care providers

Statutory text

(a)

Requirement.—

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that medical records of the Department of Defense include the organizational affiliation of any independent health care contractor identified in such medical records.

(b)

Independent Health Care Contractor Defined.—

In this section, the term “independent health care contractor” means a health care provider who meets the following criteria:

(1)

The health care provider is a nonpersonal services contractor, or an employee of such a contractor, pursuant to subpart 37.4 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or other applicable regulation.

(2)

The health care provider provides health care services under this chapter in any military medical treatment facility (as defined in section 1073c(j) of this title) or other location under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense, including an operational clinic.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 118–159 div. A title VII § 711 · 138 Stat. 1947

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 1091a

    Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VII, § 711, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1947

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–159 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VII, § 711, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1947

  2. Pub. L. 119–60 div. A title VII § 711(b) · 139 Stat. 919

    Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 1091a(b)(2)

    Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “section 1073c(j)” for “section 1073c(i)”

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “section 1073c(j)” for “section 1073c(i)”.

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

2025—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “section 1073c(j)” for “section 1073c(i)”.

Credits

2024–2025 · 2 acts
  1. 2024Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VII, § 711, , 138 Stat. 1947
  2. 2025amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title VII, § 711(b), , 139 Stat. 919.
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(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VII, § 711, , 138 Stat. 1947; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title VII, § 711(b), , 139 Stat. 919.)

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