12 2 STA T . 1 90PUBLIC LA W 110 – 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 10U.S . C . 10 92note)isam en d ed by st r i k in g‘ ‘and 200 7’ ’ and inserting ‘‘ , 2007, 200 8 , 2009, and 2010’’. ( b) EXTENSIO NO FR E P O R T D E ADL INE. — Se c tion 721( f )ofs u c hA ct is amended by striking ‘‘ J u l y 1, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2010’’. (c) RE V ISION IN SELE C TION CRITERIA.—Section 721(d)(2) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘e xp ected to increase o v er the next five years’’ and inserting ‘‘has increased over the five years pre - ceding 2008’’. (d) ADDITION TO RE QU IRE M ENTS OF P ILOT PRO G RAM.—Section 721(b) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph ( 3 )
(2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph ( 4 ); and (3) by adding at the end the follo w ing
‘‘( 5 ) collaborate with State and local authorities to create an arrangement to share and exchange, between the Depart- ment of Defense and non-military health care systems, personal health information and data of military personnel and their families.’’. SEC.708 . IN C LU SI O NO FM EN TA L H EALTH CA R EIN D EFINITION OF HEALTH CARE AND RE P ORT ON MENTAL HEALTH CARE SER V ICES. (a) I NCLUSION OF M ENTAL H EALT H CARE IN DEFINITION OF HEALTH CARE.—Section 1072 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(10) T he term ‘health care’ includes mental health care.’’. (b) REPORT ON ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES.— N ot later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the ade q uacy of access to mental health services under the TRICARE program, including in the geographic areas where surveys on the continued viability of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra are conducted under section 711 of this Act. Subti t leB— Stu d ie san d R e por ts SEC. 7 1 1. SURVE Y S ON CONTINUED VIA B ILITY OF TRICARE STANDARD AND TRICARE E X TRA. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR SURVE Y S.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct surveys of health care providers and beneficiaries who use TRICARE in the United States to determine, utili z ing a rec- onciliation of the responses of providers and beneficiaries to such surveys, each of the following: (A) How many health care providers in TRICARE Prime service areas selected under paragraph (3)(A) are accepting new patients under each of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra. ( B ) How many health care providers in geographic areas in which TRICARE Prime is not offered are accepting patients under each of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra. 10USC 10 73note. 10 USC 10 92 note.
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