Sec. 718. Modifications to implementation plan for restructure or realignment of military medical treatment facilities
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Section 703(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 130 Stat. 2199) is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph
(D)and inserting the following new subparagraph: A description of how the Secretary will carry out subsection (b), including, with respect to each affected military medical treatment facility, a description of— the elements required for health care providers to accept and transition covered beneficiaries to the purchased care component of the TRICARE program; a method to monitor and report on quality benchmarks for the beneficiary population that will be required to transition to such component of the TRICARE program; and a process by which the Director of the Defense Health Agency will ensure that such component of the TRICARE program has the required capacity. ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Secretary may not implement the plan under paragraph
(1)unless— the Secretary has submitted the plan to the congressional defense committees; the Secretary has certified to the congressional defense committees that, pursuant to subsection (b), if a proposed restructure, realignment, or modification will eliminate the ability of a covered beneficiary to access health care services at a military medical treatment facility, the covered beneficiary will be able to access such health care services through the purchased care component of the TRICARE program; and a 180-day period has elapsed following the later of— the date on which the congressional defense committees have received both the implementation plan under subparagraph
(A)and the notice of certification under subparagraph (B); or the date of the enactment of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 . .
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Sec. 718
Modifications to implementation plan for restructure or realignment of military medical treatment facilities
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