§ 1077.
Medical care for dependents: authorized care in facilities of uniformed services
(a)
(3)
Drugs, including, in accordance with subsection (h), medically necessary vitamins.
(4)
Treatment of medical and surgical conditions.
(5)
Treatment of nervous, mental, and chronic conditions.
(6)
Treatment of contagious diseases.
(7)
Physical examinations, including eye examinations, and immunizations.
(8)
Maternity and infant care, including well-baby care that includes one screening of an infant for the level of lead in the blood of the infant.
(9)
Diagnostic tests and services, including laboratory and X-ray examinations.
(11)
Ambulance service and home calls when medically necessary.
(12)
Durable equipment, which may be provided on a loan basis.
(14)
Preventive health care screening for colon or prostate cancer, at the intervals and using the screening methods prescribed under
section 1074d(a)(2) of this title.
(15)
Prosthetic devices, as determined by the Secretary of Defense to be necessary because of significant conditions resulting from trauma, congenital anomalies, or disease.
(16)
Except as provided by subsection (g), a hearing aid, but only if the dependent has a profound hearing loss, as determined under standards prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the administering Secretaries, and only for the following dependents:
(A)
A dependent of a member of the uniformed services on active duty.
(B)
(i)
is entitled to retired or retainer pay, or equivalent pay; and
(ii)
is enrolled in family coverage under TRICARE Prime.
(17)
Any rehabilitative therapy to improve, restore, or maintain function, or to minimize or prevent deterioration of function, of a patient when prescribed by a physician.
(18)
In accordance with subsection (h), medically necessary food and the medical equipment and supplies necessary to administer such food (other than durable medical equipment and supplies).
(Added [Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(25)(B)], Sept. 2, 1958, [72 Stat. 1447]; amended [Pub. L. 89–614, § 2(4)], Sept. 30, 1966, [80 Stat. 863]; [Pub. L. 98–525, title VI, § 633(a)], title XIV, §§ 1401(e)(3), 1405(22), Oct. 19, 1984, [98 Stat. 2544], 2617, 2623; [Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 651(b)], Nov. 8, 1985, [99 Stat. 656]; [Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VII], §§ 702(a), 703, Dec. 5, 1991, [105 Stat. 1400], 1401; [Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VII, § 701(b)], Nov. 30, 1993, [107 Stat. 1686]; [Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title VII], §§ 703(b), 705, Oct. 5, 1994, [108 Stat. 2798], 2799; [Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VII, § 701(b)(1)], Sept. 23, 1996, [110 Stat. 2587]; [Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VII, § 702], Nov. 18, 1997, [111 Stat. 1807]; [Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VII], §§ 702, 703(a), 704, Dec. 28, 2001, [115 Stat. 1161], 1162; [Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VII, § 715], Oct. 28, 2004, [118 Stat. 1985]; [Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VII], §§ 713, 714(a), Dec. 23, 2016, [130 Stat. 2220]; [Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VII, § 739(c)], Dec. 12, 2017, [131 Stat. 1447]; [Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title VII, § 705], Jan. 1, 2021, [134 Stat. 3689]; [Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title VII], §§ 703, 704, Dec. 22, 2023, [137 Stat. 300].)