12 2 STA T .439PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 ast a nd a r d fo ra c c e ss u nder t hi s p ara g raph under such circu m stances and conditions as the po l ic y shall specify .(6)AS S IGNME N TOFR E C O V ERING SERVICE MEM B ERS TO L OC A- TIONS OF CARE. — (A) I N GENERAL.— T he policy shall pro v ide for uniform guidelines among the military departments for the assign- ment of recovering service mem b ers to a location of care , including guidelines that provide for the assignment of recovering service members, w hen medically appropriate, to care and residential facilities closest to their duty station or home of record or the location of their designated care giver at the earliest possible time. ( B ) R EASSIGNMENT FROM D EFICIENT FACILITIES.—The policy shall provide for uniform guidelines and procedures among the military departments for the reassignment of recovering service members from a medical or medical- related support facility determined by the S ecretary of D efense to violate the standards re q uired by section 1 6 48 to another appropriate medical or medical-related support facility until the correction of violations of such standards at the medical or medical-related support facility from which such service members are reassigned. ( 7 ) TRANS P ORTATION AND S U BSISTENCE FOR RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.—The policy shall provide for uniform stand- ards among the military departments on the availability of appropriate transportation and subsistence for recovering service members to facilitate their obtaining needed medical care and services. (8) W OR K AND DUT Y ASSIGNMENTS FOR RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.—The policy shall provide for uniform criteria among the military departments for the assignment of recovering service members to wor k and duty assignments that are compatible with their medical conditions. ( 9 ) ACCESS OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS TO EDU- CATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND RE H ABILITATION.— The policy shall provide for uniform standards among the mili- tary departments on the provision of educational and vocational training and rehabilitation opportunities for recovering service members at the earliest possible point in their recovery. (1 0 ) TRACKING OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.—The policy shall provide for uniform procedures among the military departments on tracking recovering service members to facili- tate— (A) locating each recovering service member
and (B) tracking medical care appointments of recovering service members to ensure timeliness and compliance of recovering service members with appointments, and other physical and evaluation timelines, and to provide any other information needed to conduct oversight of the care, management, and transition of recovering service members. (11) REFERRALS OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS TO OTHER CARE AND SERVICES PROVIDERS.—The policy shall provide for uniform policies, procedures, and criteria among the military departments on the referral of recovering service members to the Department of V eterans Affairs and other private and Polic i es. P r oce du res. C ri t eri a . Procedures. S ta n dards. Criteria. Standards. G uidelines. Procedures. Guidelines.
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