Section 1705A - Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts(a) IN GENERAL.-(1) Any individual who seeks hospital care or medical services under this chapter shall provide to the Secretary such current information as the Secretary may require to identify any health-plan contract under which such individual is covered.(2) The information required to be provided to the Secretary under paragraph (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 may take such action as the Secretary considers appropriate to collect the information required under subsection (a).(c) EFFECT ON SERVICES FROM DEPARTMENT.-The Secretary 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).(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.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.EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2022-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117-328 substituted "section 1725(h)" for "section 1725(f)".