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[CITE: 14USC668]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
                       CHAPTER 17--ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 668. Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, 
        and survivors: alternative delivery of health care
        
    (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.

(Added Pub. L. 101-595, title III, Sec. 319(a), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 
2989.)
