{"data":{"id":"us/32-cfr-842.106","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"32 CFR 842.106","heading":"Assertable claims.","body":"A claim should be asserted when the Air Force has furnished or will furnish medical care in military health care facilities or when the Air Force is responsible for reimbursement to a private care provider and either of the following conditions are met:\n(a) Third party liability in tort exists for causing an injury or disease.\n(b) Local or foreign law permits the United States to recover or the United States is a third party beneficiary under uninsured motorist coverage, medical pay insurance coverage, worker's compensation, no-fault statutes, or other statutes.\nA claim should only be asserted if the base SJA determines it merits assertion. Claims for $150 or less need not be asserted; they should be asserted only if the base SJA or designee determines the collection will not exceed the cost to collect, the third party offers payment and demands a release from the United States before paying damages to the injured party, or the United States asserts a property damage claim under subpart L arising out of the same incident.","path":["Title 32—National Defense","Subtitle A—Department of Defense","CHAPTER VII—DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE","SUBCHAPTER D—CLAIMS AND LITIGATION","PART 842—ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS","Subpart L—Hospital Recovery Claims (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653)"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-32.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:30Z","sha256":"14d38d6f9a6d165f06e4e7f43a460b1c3dc3bf5d7f8375bfba088338e961c0f8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/32-cfr-842.105","next":"us/32-cfr-842.107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}