§ 1705A. Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts

• (a)
  • (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) The Secretary may take such action as the Secretary considers appropriate to collect the information required under subsection (a).
• (c) 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) In this section, the term “health-plan contract” has the meaning given that term in section 1725(h) of this title .