---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1705A"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1705A"
heading: "Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1705A"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 17 — Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care"
  - "Subchapter I — General"
---

# §1705A. Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts

- (a) **In General.—**
  - (1) Any individual who seeks [hospital care](/usc/38/1701.md?p=5) or [medical services](/usc/38/1701.md?p=6) under this chapter shall provide to the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) such current information as the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) may require to identify any health-plan contract under which such individual is covered.
  - (2) The information required to be provided to the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) under [paragraph (1)](#a-1) with respect to a health-plan contract shall include, as applicable, the following:
    - (A) The name of the entity providing coverage under the health-plan contract.
    - (B) If coverage under the health-plan contract is in the name of an individual other than the individual required to provide information under this section, the name of the policy holder of the health-plan contract.
    - (C) The identification number for the health-plan contract.
    - (D) The group code for the health-plan contract.
- (b) **Action To Collect Information.—** The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) may take such action as the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) considers appropriate to collect the information required under [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Effect on Services From Department.—** The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) may not deny any services under this chapter to an individual solely due to the fact that the individual fails to provide information required under [subsection (a)](#a).
- (d) **Health-Plan Contract Defined.—** In this section, the term “health-plan contract” has the meaning given that term in [section 1725(h) of this title](/usc/38/1725.md?p=h).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–315, title VI, § 604(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1571; amended Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title I, § 142(c)(1), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5424.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–328 substituted “section 1725(h)” for “section 1725(f)”.