---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1104"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1104"
heading: "Sharing of health-care resources with the Department of Veterans Affairs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1104"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 55 — Medical and Dental Care"
---

# §1104. Sharing of health-care resources with the Department of Veterans Affairs

- (a) **Sharing of Health-Care Resources.—** Health-care resources of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense shall be shared with health-care resources of the Department of Veterans Affairs in accordance with [section 8111 of title 38](/usc/38/8111.md) or under [section 1535 of title 31](/usc/31/1535.md).
- (b) **Reimbursement From CHAMPUS Funds.—** Pursuant to an agreement entered into under [section 8111 of title 38](/usc/38/8111.md) or [section 1535 of title 31](/usc/31/1535.md), the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) may reimburse the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Veterans Affairs from funds available for that [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) for the payment of medical care provided under section [1079](/usc/10/1079.md) or [1086](/usc/10/1086.md) of this title.
- (c) **Charges.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may prescribe by regulation a premium, deductible, copayment, or other charge for [health care](/usc/10/1072.md?p=10) provided to [covered beneficiaries](/usc/10/1072.md?p=5) under this chapter pursuant to an agreement entered into by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) under [section 8111 of title 38](/usc/38/8111.md) or [section 1535 of title 31](/usc/31/1535.md).
- (d) **Provision of Services During War or National Emergency.—** Members of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) during and immediately following a period of war, or during and immediately following a national emergency involving the use of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) in armed conflict, may be provided health-care services by the Department of Veterans Affairs in accordance with [section 8111A of title 38](/usc/38/8111A.md).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VII, § 722(a), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1477; amended Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1052(14), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2499; Pub. L. 103–35, title II, § 201(c)(1), May 31, 1993, 107 Stat. 98; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title VII, § 721(b), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2595.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–314 substituted “shall” for “may”.

1993—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 103–35, § 201(c)(1)(A), substituted “section 8111 of title 38” for “section 8011 of title 38”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–35, § 201(c)(1)(B), substituted “section 8111A of title 38” for “section 8011A of title 38”.

1992—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 102–484, § 1052(14)(A), substituted “section 8011 of title 38” for “section 5011 of title 38”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–484, § 1052(14)(B), substituted “section 8011A of title 38” for “section 5011A of title 38”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–314 effective Oct. 1, 2003, see section 721(c) of Pub. L. 107–314, set out as a note under section 8111 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.