2010 US Code
Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52 - FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER IX - TRAVEL, LEAVE, AND OTHER BENEFITS
Sec. 4084 - Health care program
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 52 - FOREIGN SERVICE SUBCHAPTER IX - TRAVEL, LEAVE, AND OTHER BENEFITS Sec. 4084 - Health care program |
Contains | section 4084 |
Date | 2010 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-465, title I, §904, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2127; Pub. L. 99-93, title I, §122, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 413; Pub. L. 100-238, title II, §243, Jan. 8, 1988, 101 Stat. 1776; Pub. L. 107-228, div. A, title III, §316, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1379; Pub. L. 109-140, §2, Dec. 22, 2005, 119 Stat. 2650. |
Statutes at Large References | 94 Stat. 2127 99 Stat. 413 101 Stat. 1776 116 Stat. 1379 119 Stat. 2650 |
Public Law References | Public Law 96-465, Public Law 99-93, Public Law 100-238, Public Law 107-228, Public Law 109-140 |
§4084. Health care program (a) Establishment
The Secretary of State shall establish a health care program to promote and maintain the physical and mental health of members of the Service, and (when incident to service abroad) other designated eligible Government employees, and members of the families of such members and employees.
(b) Services providedAny such health care program may include (1) medical examinations for applicants for employment, (2) medical examinations and inoculations or vaccinations, and other preventive and remedial care and services as necessary, for members of the Service and employees of the Department who are citizens of the United States and for members of their families, (3) health education and disease prevention programs for all employees, and (4) examinations necessary in order to establish disability or incapacity of participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System or Foreign Service Pension System or to provide survivor benefits under subchapter VIII of this chapter.
(c) Facilities; employment of personnelThe Secretary of State may establish health care facilities and provide for the services of physicians, nurses, or other health care personnel at Foreign Service posts abroad at which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, a sufficient number of Government employees are assigned to warrant such facilities or services.
(d) Costs of treatmentIf an individual eligible for health care under this section incurs an illness, injury, or medical condition which requires treatment while assigned to a post abroad or located overseas pursuant to Government authorization, the Secretary may pay the cost of such treatment.
(e) Death or separation of memberHealth care may be provided under this section to a member of the Service or other designated eligible Government employee after the separation of such member or employee from Government service. Health care may be provided under this section to a member of the family of a member of the Service or of a designated eligible Government employee after the separation from Government service or the death of such member of the Service or employee or after dissolution of the marriage.
(f) Review; medical care contractsThe Secretary of State shall review on a continuing basis the health care program provided for in this section. Whenever the Secretary of State determines that all or any part of such program can be provided for as well and as cheaply in other ways, the Secretary may, for such individuals, locations, and conditions as the Secretary of State deems appropriate, contract for health care pursuant to such arrangements as the Secretary deems appropriate.
(g) Retention of medical reimbursementsReimbursements paid to the Department of State for funding the costs of medical care abroad for employees and eligible family members shall be credited to the currently available applicable appropriation account. Such reimbursements shall be available for obligation and expenditure during the fiscal year in which they are received or for such longer period of time as may be provided in law.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, §904, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2127; Pub. L. 99–93, title I, §122, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 413; Pub. L. 100–238, title II, §243, Jan. 8, 1988, 101 Stat. 1776; Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title III, §316, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1379; Pub. L. 109–140, §2, Dec. 22, 2005, 119 Stat. 2650.)
Amendments2005—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 109–140 added subsec. (g).
2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–228 substituted “families, (3) health education and disease prevention programs for all employees, and (4)” for “families, and (3)”.
1988—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–238 inserted “or Foreign Service Pension System” after “System”.
1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–93, §122(1), substituted “shall” for “may”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–93, §122(2), inserted “, and other preventive and remedial care and services as necessary,”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–93, §122(3), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: “If an individual eligible for health care under this section incurs an illness, injury, or medical condition while abroad which requires hospitalization or similar treatment, the Secretary may pay all or part of the cost of such treatment. Limitations on such payments established by regulation may be waived whenever the Secretary determines that the illness, injury, or medical condition clearly was caused or materially aggravated by the fact that the individual concerned is or has been located abroad.”
Effective Date of 1988 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–238 effective 90 days after Jan. 8, 1988, see section 261(a) of Pub. L. 100–238, set out as a note under section 4054 of this title.
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