Sec. 704. EXPOSURE TO OPEN BURN PITS AND TOXIC AIRBORNE CHEMICALS OR OTHER AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS AS PART OF PERIODIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
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## SEC. 704 EXPOSURE TO OPEN BURN PITS AND TOXIC AIRBORNE CHEMICALS OR OTHER AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS AS PART OF PERIODIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS **[**[10 U.S.C. 1074f note](/us/usc/t10/s1074f)**]** ###
(a)Periodic Health Assessment The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any periodic health assessment provided to members of the Armed Forces includes an evaluation of whether the member has been— ####
(1)based or stationed at a location where an open burn pit was used; or ####
(2)exposed to toxic airborne chemicals or other airborne contaminants, including any information recorded as part of the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry. ###
(b)Separation History and Physical Examinations Section 1145(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: > > ##### “(C) > > The Secretary concerned shall ensure that each physical examination of a member under subparagraph
(A)includes an assessment of whether the member was— > > > ###### “(i) > > based or stationed at a location where an open burn pit, as defined in subsection
(c)of section 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note), was used; or > > > ###### “(ii) > > exposed to toxic airborne chemicals or other airborne contaminants, including any information recorded as part of the registry established by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under such section 201.” > . ###
(c)Deployment Assessments Section 1074f(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: > > ##### “(D) > > An assessment of whether the member was— > > > ###### “(i) > > based or stationed at a location where an open burn pit, as defined in subsection
(c)of section 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note), was used; or > > > ###### “(ii) > > exposed to toxic airborne chemicals or other airborne contaminants, including any information recorded as part of the registry established by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under such section 201.” > . ###
(d)Sharing of Information ####
(1)DOD-VA The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly enter into a memorandum of understanding providing for the sharing by the Department of Defense with the Department of Veterans Affairs of the results of covered evaluations regarding the exposure by a member of the Armed Forces to toxic airborne chemicals or other airborne contaminants. ####
(2)Registry If a covered evaluation of a member of the Armed Forces establishes that the member was based or stationed at a location where an open burn pit was used or that the member was exposed to toxic airborne chemicals or other airborne contaminants, the member shall be enrolled in the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry unless the member elects to not so enroll. ###
(e)Rule of Construction Nothing in this section may be construed to preclude eligibility for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by reason of the open burn pit exposure history of a veteran not being recorded in a covered evaluation. ###
(f)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)The term “Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry” means the registry established by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note). ####
(2)The term “covered evaluation” means— #####
(A)a periodic health assessment conducted in accordance with subsection (a); #####
(B)a separation history and physical examination conducted under section 1145(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by this section; and #####
(C)a deployment assessment conducted under section 1074f(b)(2) of such title, as amended by this section. ####
(3)The term “open burn pit” has the meaning given that term in section 201(c) of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note).
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Sec. 704
EXPOSURE TO OPEN BURN PITS AND TOXIC AIRBORNE CHEMICALS OR OTHER AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS AS PART OF PERIODIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-260
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