An Act to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize an improved health benefits program for Te-tired members and members of the uniformed services, and their dependents, and far other purposes
PL 89-614 (H.R.14088), enacted 09/30/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-614-SEPT. 30, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
" 'New' Philip-
pine Scouts." 
59 Stat. 543. 
dent dated July 26, 1941, including among such military forces orga-
nized guerrilla forces under commanders appointed, designated, or 
subsequently recognized by the Commander-in-Chief, 
Southwest 
Pacific Area, or other competent authority in the Army of the United 
States, and who were discharged or released from such service under 
conditions other than dishonorable. 
" (b) The term ' "New" Philippine Scouts' means Philippine Scouts 
who served under section 14 of the Armed Forces Voluntary Recruit-
ment Act of 1945j and who were discharged or released from such 
service under conditions other than dishonorable." 
SEC. 2. The table of sections of chapter 35 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"SUBCHAPTER VII—PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH ARMY AND 
PHILIPPINE SCOUTS 
"1765. Children of certain Philippine veterans. 
"1766. Definitions." 
Approved September 30, 1966. 
September 30, 1966 
[H. R. 14088] 
Public Law 89-614 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize an improved 
health benefits program for retired members of the uniformed services and 
their dependents, and the dependents of active duty members of the uni-
formed services, and for other purposes. 
Military Medical 
Benefits Amend-
ments of 1966. 
7 2 Stat. 1445. 
10 u s e 1071. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representathes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Military Medical Benefits Amendments of 1966". 
SEC. 2. Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) Sections 1071,1072,1073, and 1084 are each amended by striking 
out "1085" w^herever it appears (in catchline or text) and by inserting 
in place thereof "1087". 
(2) Section 1074(b) is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Under joint regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, a mem-
ber or former member of a uniformed service who is entitled to retired 
or retainer pay, or equivalent pay may, upon request, be given medical 
and dental care in any facility of any uniformed service, subject to the 
availability of space and facilities and the capabilities of the medical 
and dental staff. 
The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare may, with the agreement of the Ad-
ministrator of Veterans' Affairs, provide care to persons covered by 
this subsection in facilities operated by the Administrator and deter-
mined by him to be available for this purpore on a reimbursable basis 
at rates approved by the Bureau of the Budget." 
(3) Section 1076 (b) is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Under joint regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, a de-
pendent of a member or former member who is, or was at the time of 
his death, entitled to retired or retainer pay, or equivalent pay, may, 
upon request, be given the medical and dental care prescribed by sec-
tion 1077 of this title in facilities of the uniformed services, subject to 
the availability of space and facilities and the capabilities of the 
medical and dental staff." 
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(4) Section 1077 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 1077. Medical care for dependents; authorized care in facili-
ties of uniformed services 
"(a) Only the following types of health care may be provided 
under section 1076 of this title: 
"(1) Hospitalization. 
"(2) Outpatient care. 
"(3) Drugs. 
" (4) Treatment of medical and surgical conditions. 
"(5) Treatment of nervous, mental, and chronic conditions. 
" (6) Treatment of contagious disases. 
"(7) Physical examinations, including eye examinations, and 
immunizations. 
'8) Maternity and infant care. 
J9) Diagnostic tests and services, including laboratory and 
X-ray examinations. 
" (10) Emergency dental care worldwide. 
"(11) Koutine dental care outside the United States and at 
stations in the United States where adequate civilian facilities are 
unavailable. 
" (12) Dental care worldwide as a necessary adjunct of medical, 
surgical, or preventive treatment. 
"(13) Ambulance service and home calls when medically neces-
sary. 
"(14) Durable equipment, such as wheelchairs, iron lungs, and 
hospital beds may be provided on a loan basis. 
" (b) The following types of health care may not be provided under 
section 1076 of this title: 
7 2 stat. 1447. 
1) Domiciliary or custodial care. 
^2) Prosthetic devices, hearing aids, orthopedic footwear, and 
spectacles except that— 
" (A) outside the United States and at stations inside the 
United. States w^here adequate civilian facilities are unavail-
able, such items may be sold to dependents at cost to the 
United States, and 
"(B) artificial limbs and artificial eyes may be provided." 
(5) Section 1078(a) is amended by deleting the last sentence and 
adding the following sentence at the end thereof: "The charge or 
charges prescribed shall be applied equally to all classes of dependents." 
(6) Section 1079 is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) To assure that medical care is available for spouses and chil-
dren of members of the uniformed services who are on active duty '^"d JhiWren 
for a period of more than thirty days, the Secretary of Defense, after 
consulting with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall 
contract, under the authority of this section, for medical care for those 
persons under such insurance, medical service, or health plans as he 
considers appropriate. 
The types of health care authorized under this ^,^,f,';^^"f 
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section shall be the same as those provided under section 1076 of this 
title, except that: 
"(1) with respect to dental care, only that care required as a 
necessary adjunct to medical or surgical treatment may be pro-
vided ; 
"(2) routine physical examinations and immunizations may 
only be provided when required in the case of dependents who 
are traveling outside the United States as a result of a mem-
ber's duty assignment and such travel is being performed under 
orders issued by a uniformed service; 
Medical con-
tracts for spouses 
provisions. 
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[80 STAT. 
Charges. 
Payment regula-
tions. 
72 Stat. 1446. 
Retarded or 
handicapped in-
dividuals. 
Exceptional 
provisions. 
"(3) routine care of the newborn, well-baby care, and eye ex-
aminations may not be provided; 
"(4) under joint regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 
the services of Christian Science practitioners and nurses and 
services obtained in Christian Science sanatoriums may be pro-
vided ; 
"(5) durable equipment, such as wheelchairs, iron lungs and 
hospital beds may be provided on a rental basis. 
"(b) Plans covered by subsection (a) shall include provisions for 
payment by the patient of the following amounts: 
"(1) $25 for each admission to a hospital, or the amount the 
patient would have been charged under section 1078(a) of this 
title had the care being paid for been obtained in a hospital of the 
uniformed services, whichever amount is the greater. 
"(2) Except as provided in clause (3), the first $50 each fiscal 
year of the charges for all types of care authorized by subsection 
(a) and received while in an outpatient status and 20 per centum 
of all subsequent charges for such care during a fiscal year. 
"(3) A. family group of two or more persons covered by this 
section shall not be required to pay collectively more than the first 
$100 each fiscal year of the charges for all types of care authorized 
by subsection (a) and received while in an outpatient status and 
20 per centum of the additional charges for such care during a 
fiscal year. 
"(c) The methods for making payment under subsection (b) shall 
be prescribed under joint regulations issued by the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
"(d) Under joint regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in the 
case of a dependent, as defined in section 1072 (2) (A), (C), or (E) of 
this title, of a member of the uniformed services on active duty for a 
period of more than thirty days, w^ho is moderately or severely men-
tally retarded or who has a serious physical handicap, the plans 
covered by subsection (a) shall, with respect to the retardation or 
handicap of such dependent, include the following: 
"(1) Diagnosis. 
" (2) Inpatient, outpatient, and home treatment. 
" (3) Training, rehabilitation, and special education. 
"(4) Institutional care in private nonprofit, public and State 
institutions and facilities and, when appropriate, transportation to 
and from such institutions and facilities. 
"(e) Members shall be required to share in the cost of any benefits 
provided their dependents under subsection (d). 
"(1) Except as provided in clause (3), members in the lowest 
enlisted pay grade shall be required to pay the first $25 incurred 
each month and members in the highest commissioned pay grade 
shall similarly be required to pay $250 per month. 
The amounts 
to be similarly paid by members in all other pay grades shall be 
determined under joint regulations to be prescribed by the Secre-
tary of Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare. 
"(2) Except as provided in clause (4), the Government's share 
of the cost of any benefits provided in a particular case under sub-
section (d) shall not exceed $350 per month. 
"(3) Members shall also be required to pay each month that 
amount, if any, remaining after the Government's maximum share 
has been reached. 
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"(4) A member who has more than one dependent incurring 
expenses in a given month under a plan covered by subsection (d) 
shall not be required to pay an amount greater than he would be 
required to pay if he had but one such dependent. 
"(f) To qualify for the benefits provided by subsection (d), mem-
bers shall be required to use public facilities to the extent they are avail-
able and adequate as determined under joint regulations of the Secre-
tary of Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare." 
(7) The following new sections are added after section 1085: 
"§1086. Contracts for health benefits for certain members, 
former members, and their dependents 
"(a) To assure that health benefits are available for the persons 
covered by subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense, after consulting 
with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall contract 
under the authority of this section for health benefits for those persons 
under the same insurance, medical service, or health plans he contracts 
for under section 1079 (a) of this title. 
"(b) For persons covered by this section the plans contracted for 
under section 1079(a) of this title shall contain the following pro-
visions for payment by the patient: 
"(1) Except as provided in clause (2), the first $50 each fiscal 
year of the charges for all types of care authorized by this section 
and received while in an outpatient status and 25 per centum of all 
subsequent charges for such care during a fiscal year. 
"(2) A family group of two or more persons covered by this 
section shall not be required to pay collectively more than the first 
$100 each fiscal year of the charges for all types of care authorized 
by this section and received while in an outpatient status and 25 
per centum of the additional charges for such care during a fiscal 
year. 
" (3) 25 per centum of the charges for inpatient care. 
"(c) The following persons are eligible for health benefits under 
this section: 
"(1) Those covered by sections 1074(b) and 1076(b) of this 
title, except those covered by section 1072(2) (F) of this title. 
" (2) A dependent of a member of a uniformed service who died 
while on active duty for a period of more than thirty days, except 
a dependent covered by section 1072(2) (F) of this title. 
However, a person who is entitled to hospital insurance benefits under 
title I of the Social Security Amendments of 1965 (79 Stat. 286) is not 
eligible for health benefits under this section. 
"(d) No benefits shall be payable under any plan covered by this 
section in the case of a person enrolled in any other insurance, medical 
service, or health plan provided by law or through employment unless 
that person certifies that the particular benefit he is claiming is not 
payable under the other plan. 
(e) A person covered by this section may elect to receive benefits 
either in (1) Government facilities, under the conditions prescribed 
in sections 1074 and 1076-1078 of this title, or (2) the facilities pro-
vided under a plan contracted for under this section. 
However, under 
joint regulations issued by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare, the right to make this election may 
be limited for those persons residing in an area where adequate fa-
cilities of the uniformed service are available. 
Use of public 
facilities. 
Ante, p . 863. 
Payment provi-
Eligibility for 
health benefits. 
Ante, p. 862; 
72 Stat. 1446. 
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[80 
STAT. 
Effective dates. 
"§ 1087. Programing facilities for certain members, former mem-
bers, and their dependents in construction projects of 
the uniformed services 
"Space for inpatient and outpatient care may be programed in 
facilities of the uniformed services for persons covered by sections 
1074 (b) and 1076 (b) of this title. 
The amount of space so programed 
shall be limited to that amount determined by the Secretary concerned 
to be necessary to support teaching and training requirements in uni-
formed services facilities, except that space may be programed in areas 
having a large concentration of retired members and their dependents 
where there is also a projected critical shortage of 
community 
facilities." 
(8) Section 1082 is amended by inserting "and 1086" immediately 
after "1081" and by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
"§ 1082. Contracts for health care: advisory committees". 
(9) The analysis is amended by striking out the following items: 
"1071. Purpose of sections 1071-1085 of this title." 
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"1073. Administration of sections 1071-1085 of this title." 
"1077. Medical and dental care for dependents: specific inclusions and exclusions." 
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"1082. Contracts for medical care for spouses and children : advisory committees." 
and inserting the following items: 
"1071. Purpose of sections 1071-1087 of this title," 
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"1073. Administration of sections 1071-1087 of this title." 
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"1077. Medical care for dependents: authorized care in facilities of uniformed 
services." 
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"1082. Contracts for health care: advisory committees." 
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"1086. Contracts for health care for certain members, former members, and their 
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"1087. Programing facilities for certain members, former members, and their 
dependents in construction projects of the uniformed services." 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall become effective 
J a n u a r y 1,1967, except that those amendments relating to outpatient 
care in civilian facilities for spouses and children of members of the 
uniformed services who are on active duty for a period of more than 
30 days shall become effective on October 1, 1966. 
Approved September 30, 1966. 
October 3, 1966 
[S.3261] 
Mount Desert 
Island Regional 
School District, 
Maine. 
Conveyance. 
Public Law 89-615 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in the State of 
Maine to the Mount Desert Island Regional School District. 
Be it enacted 
hy the Senate 
and House 
of Re'presentatives 
of 
the 
United 
States 
of America 
in Congress 
assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior may convey to the Mount Desert Island Regional 
School District in the State of Maine a portion of the Acadia National 
Park, formerly owned by J o h n D. Rockefeller, Junior, comprising 
approximately sixty-six acres (lot 354), and in exchange therefor the 
Secretary may accept from said school district any property which 
in his judgment is suitable for addition to the park. 
The values of