10 U.S.C. § 1086a
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1993-Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103-35 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 102-484, §4407(b)(2) . See 1992 Amendment note below.1992-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-484, §4407(b)(1), inserted at end "A conversion health policy offered under this subsection shall provide coverage for not less than a 24-month period."Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102-484, §4407(b)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 103-35, substituted "24-month period" for "one-year period" the second place appearing in the introductory provisions of par. (1).Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 102-484, §4407(b)(3), (4), added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1993 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 103-35 applicable as if included in the enactment of Pub. L. 102-484, see section 202(b) of Pub. L. 103-35, set out as a note under section 155 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATESection applicable to a person referred to in 10 U.S.C. 1072(2)(H) whose decree of divorce, dissolution, or annulment becomes final on or after Nov. 29, 1989, and to a person so referred to whose decree became final during the period from Sept. 29, 1988 to Nov. 28, 1989, as if section had become effective on Sept. 29, 1988, see section 731(d) of Pub. L. 101-189, set out as an Effective Date of 1989 Amendment note under section 1072 of this title.
APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS BY Pub. L. 102-484 TO EXISTING CONTRACTS Pub. L. 102-484, div. D, title XLIV, §4407(c), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2708, provided that: "In the case of conversion health policies provided under section 1145(b) or 1086a(a) of title 10, United States Code, and in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 1992], the Secretary of Defense shall-"(1) arrange with the private insurer providing these policies to extend the term of the policies (and coverage of preexisting conditions) as provided by the amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 1145 of this title]; or"(2) make other arrangements to implement the amendments made by this section with respect to these policies."
TERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY OF OTHER CONVERSION HEALTH POLICIESPub. L. 102-484, div. D, title XLIV, §4408(c), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2712, provided that: "(1) No person may purchase a conversion health policy under section 1145(b) or 1086a of title 10, United States Code, on or after October 1, 1994. A person covered by such a conversion health policy on that date may cancel that policy and enroll in a health benefits plan under section 1078a of such title."(2) No person may be covered concurrently by a conversion health policy under section 1145(b) or 1086a of such title and a health benefits plan under section 1078a of such title."
- Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
- The term "Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services" means the program authorized under sections 1079 and 1086 of this title and includes contracts entered into under section 1091 or 1097 of this title and demonstration projects under section 1092 of this title.
- health care
- The term "health care" includes mental health care.
- pay
- The term "pay" includes basic pay, special pay, retainer pay, incentive pay, retired pay, and equivalent pay, but does not include allowances.