Amendments
2005—Subsec. (g). [Pub. L. 109–140] added subsec. (g).
2002—Subsec. (b). [Pub. L. 107–228] substituted “families, (3) health education and disease prevention programs for all employees, and (4)” for “families, and (3)”.
1988—Subsec. (b). [Pub. L. 100–238] inserted “or Foreign Service Pension System” after “System”.
1985—Subsec. (a). [Pub. L. 99–93, § 122(1)], substituted “shall” for “may”.
Subsec. (b). [Pub. L. 99–93, § 122(2)], inserted “, and other preventive and remedial care and services as necessary,”.
Subsec. (d). [Pub. L. 99–93, § 122(3)], amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: “If an individual eligible for health care under this section incurs an illness, injury, or medical condition while abroad which requires hospitalization or similar treatment, the Secretary may pay all or part of the cost of such treatment. Limitations on such payments established by regulation may be waived whenever the Secretary determines that the illness, injury, or medical condition clearly was caused or materially aggravated by the fact that the individual concerned is or has been located abroad.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by [Pub. L. 100–238] effective 90 days after Jan. 8, 1988, see [section 261(a) of Pub. L. 100–238], set out as a note under section 4054 of this title.
Improving Mental Health Services for Foreign and Civil Servants
[Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXII, § 6222(a)], Dec. 22, 2023, [137 Stat. 978], provided that:“(a)
Additional Personnel to Address Mental Health.—
“(1)
In general.—
The Secretary [of State] shall seek to increase the number of personnel within the Bureau of Medical Services to address mental health needs for both foreign and civil servants.
“(2)
Employment targets.—
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this division [Dec. 22, 2023], the Secretary shall seek to employ not fewer than 10 additional personnel in the Bureau of Medical Services, compared to the number of personnel employed as of the date of the enactment of this division.”
Coronavirus Pandemic Response
[Pub. L. 116–136, div. B, title XI, § 21010], Mar. 27, 2020, [134 Stat. 592], provided that: “The Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development are authorized to enter into contracts with individuals for the provision of personal services (as described in section 104 of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations and including pursuant to section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084)) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, within the United States and abroad, subject to prior consultation with, and the notification procedures of, the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives: Provided, That such individuals may not be deemed employees of the United States for the purpose of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Management: Provided further, That not later than 15 days after utilizing this authority, the Secretary of State shall provide a report to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on the overall staffing needs for the Office of Medical Services: Provided further, That the authority made available pursuant to this section shall expire on September 30, 2022.”
[For definition of “coronavirus” as used in [section 21010 of Pub. L. 116–136], set out above, see [section 23005 of Pub. L. 116–136], set out as a note under section 162b of Title 2, The Congress.]