TEMPORARY CHAMPUS PROVISIONS REGARDING DEDUCTIBLES AND COPAYMENT REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 312. TEMPORARY CHAMPUS PROVISIONS REGARDING DEDUCTIBLES AND COPAYMENT REQUIREMENTS (a) Delay in the Increase of Annual Deductibles under CHAMPUS.— The annual deductibles specified in subsection (b) of section 1079 of title 10, United States Code (as in effect on November 4, 1990), shall apply until October 1, 1991, in the case of health care provided under that section to the dependents of a member of the uniformed services who serves or served on active duty in the Persian Gulf theater of operations in connection with Operation Desert Storm. (b) Waiver of Copayment Requirements.— (1) Any civilian health care provider furnishing health care pursuant to a plan contracted for under the authority of section 1079 or 1086 of title 10, United States Code, may waive, in whole or in part, any requirement for payment under subsection (b) of that section by a patient described in paragraph (2) for health care furnished the patient by such health care provider during the Persian Gulf conflict. (2) A patient referred to in paragraph (1) is a dependent of a member of the uniformed services who serves on active duty in the Persian Gulf theater of operations in connection with Operation Desert Storm. (3) If a health care provider waives a payment for health care under paragraph (1), the health care provider shall certify to the Secretary of Defense that the amount charged the Federal Government for such health care was not increased above the amount that the health care provider would have charged the Federal Government for such health care had the payment not been waived. The Secretary of Defense may require a health care provider to provide information to the Secretary to show the compliance of the health care provider with this paragraph.