§1729. Recovery by the United States of the cost of certain care and services — Inbound Citations
38 U.S.C. § 1729
Cited by 6 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to 38 U.S.C. § 1729 as a whole
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(j) In any case in which a covered veteran is furnished hospital care, medical services, or extended care services under this section for a non-service-connected disability described in subsection (a)(2) of section 1729 of this title, the Secretary shall recover or collect reasonable charges for such care or services from a health plan contract described in section 1729 in accordance with such section.
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(E) to not seek to recover or collect from a health plan contract or third party, as those terms are defined in section 1729 of this title, for any care or service that is furnished or paid for by the Department;
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(I) To a third party in order to recover or collect reasonable charges for care furnished to, or paid on behalf of, a patient in connection with a non-service connected disability as permitted by section 1729 of this title or for a condition for which recovery is authorized or with respect to which the United States is deemed to be a third party beneficiary under the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the recovery from tortiously liable third persons of the cost of hospital and medical care and treatment furnished by the United States” (Public Law 87–693; 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; commonly known as the “Federal Medical Care Recovery Act”).
Citations to §1729(a)(2)(A)
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(D) A workers’ compensation law or plan described in section 1729(a)(2)(A) of this title.
Citations to §1729(i)(3)
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(B) The term “third party” has the meaning given that term in section 1729(i)(3) of this title.