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PUBLIC LAW 569-JUNE 7, 1956
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(h) Dependents shall not be provided under this section— (1) prosthetic devices, hearing aids, orthopedic footwear, and spectacles, except that outside the continental limits of the United States and at remote stations within the continental limits of the United States where adequate civilian facilities are not available, those items, if available, from Government stocks, may be provided to dependents at prices representing invoice cost to the Government; (2) ambulance service, except in acute emergency; (3) home calls, except in special cases where it is determined by the medical officer or contract surgeon in charge, or his designee, to be medically necessary; (4) dental care, except— (A) emergency care to relieve pain and suffering but not to include any permanent restorative work or dental prosthesis; (B) care as a necessary adjunct to medical or surgical treatment; and (C) outside the continental limits of the United States, and in remote areas within the continental limits of the United States where adequate civilian dental facilities are not available. TITLE II Spouses andchiir §^0. 201. (a) I n Order to assure the availability of medical care for Insurance plan, the spouscs and children who are dependents of members of the unietc* formed services, the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall contract for medical care for such persons, pursuant to the provisions of this title, under such insurance, medical service, or health plan or plans as he deems appropriate, which plan or plans shall, subject to the provisions of section 204 hereof, include the following: (1) Hospitalization in semiprivate accommodations up to three hundred and sixty-five days for each admission, including all necessary services and supplies furnished by the hospital during inpatient confinement; (2) Medical and surgical care incident to a period of hospitalization; (3) Complete obstetrical and maternity service, including prenatal and postnatal care; (4) Required services of a physician or surgeon prior to and following hospitalization for a bodily injury or for a surgical operation; (5) Diagnostic tests and procedures, including laboratory and X-ray examinations, accomplished or recommended by a physician incident to hospitalization. For each admission the plan shall also provide for payment by the patient of hospital expenses incurred under paragraph (1) hereof in the amount of either (1^ $25 or (2) the charge established pursuant to section 103(c) of this Act multiplied by the number of days hospitalized, whichever is the greater. (b) Subsection (a) shall be subject to such reasonable limitations, additions, exclusions, definitions, and related provisions as the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, may deem appropriate, except that medical care normally considered to be outpatient care shall not be authorized by this subsection. (c) The dependents covered under this section may elect to receive medical care under the terms of this Act in either the facilities of a uniformed service under the conditions specified in title I of this Act or in the facilities provided for under such insurance, medical service,
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