Sec. 704. Extension of Transitional Assistance Management Program
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In carrying out the Transitional Assistance Management Program, the Secretary of Defense shall extend the coverage of such program to individuals by an additional 180 days for treatment provided through telemedicine. The Secretary shall extend the coverage of the Transitional Assistance Management Program for covered treatment to covered individuals for a period determined necessary by a health care professional treating the covered individual. In this subsection: The term covered individual means an individual who— during the initial 180-day period of being enrolled in the Transitional Assistance Management Program, received any mental health care treatment or covered treatment; or during the one-year period preceding separation or discharge from the Armed Forces, received any mental health care treatment.
The term covered treatment means behavioral services provided through telemedicine. The authority of the Secretary to carry out paragraph
(1)shall terminate on December 31, 2018, if the Secretary determines that by that date the suicide rates for both members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and for members of a reserve component are 50 percent less than such rates as of December 31, 2012. In this section, the term telemedicine means the use by a health care provider of telecommunications to assist in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient's medical condition, including for behavioral services.