---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 220.9"
title: "32"
number: "220.9"
heading: "Rights and obligations of beneficiaries."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/220.9"
---

# §220.9. Rights and obligations of beneficiaries.

- (a) **No additional cost share.** Pursuant to [10 U.S.C. 1095(a)(2)](/usc/10/1095.md?p=a-2), uniformed services beneficiaries will not be required to pay to the facility of the uniformed services any amount greater than the normal medical services or subsistence charges (under 10 U.S.C. [1075](/usc/10/1075.md) or [1078](/usc/10/1078.md)). In every case in which payment from a third party payer is received, it will be considered as satisfying the normal medical services or subsistence charges, and no further payment from the beneficiary will be required.
- (b) **Availability of healthcare services unaffected.** The availability of healthcare services in any facility of the Uniformed Services will not be affected by the participation or nonparticipation of a Uniformed Services beneficiary in a health care plan of a third party payer. Whether or not a Uniformed Services beneficiary is covered by a third party payer's plan will not be considered in determining the availability of healthcare services in a facility of the Uniformed Services.
- (c) **Obligation to disclose information and cooperate with collection efforts.**
  - (1) Uniformed Services beneficiaries are required to provide correct information to the facility of the Uniformed Services regarding whether the beneficiary is covered by a third party payer's plan. Such beneficiaries are also required to provide correct information regarding whether particular health care services might be covered by a third party payer's plan, including services arising from an accident or workplace injury or illness. In the event a third party payer's plan might be applicable, a beneficiary has an obligation to provide such information as may be necessary to carry out [10 U.S.C. 1095](/usc/10/1095.md) and this part, including identification of policy numbers, claim numbers, involved parties and their representatives, and other relevant information.
  - (2) Uniformed Services beneficiaries are required to take other reasonable steps to cooperate with the efforts of the facility of the Uniformed Services to make collections under [10 U.S.C. 1095](/usc/10/1095.md) and this part, such as submitting to the third party payer (or other entity involved in adjudicating a claim) any requests or documentation that might be required by the third party payer (or other entity), if consistent with this part, to facilitate payment under this part.
  - (3) Intentionally providing false information or willfully failing to satisfy a beneficiary's obligations are grounds for disqualification for health care services from facilities of the Uniformed Services.
- (d) **Mandatory disclosure of Social Security account numbers.** Pursuant to [10 U.S.C. 1095(k)(2)](/usc/10/1095.md?p=k-2), every covered beneficiary eligible for care in facilities of the Uniformed Services is, as a condition of eligibility, required to disclose to authorized personnel his or her Social Security account number.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 21748, May 29, 1990, as amended at 57 FR 41102, Sept. 9, 1992; 63 FR 11600, Mar. 10, 1998; 65 FR 7729, Feb. 16, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 1095, 1097b(b), 1079b; 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3717; and 42 U.S.C. 2651.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 21748, May 29, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 21748, May 29, 1990, as amended at 57 FR 41102, Sept. 9, 1992; 63 FR 11600, Mar. 10, 1998; 65 FR 7729, Feb. 16, 2000]