Sec. 718. MODIFICATIONS TO IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR RESTRUCTURE OR REALIGNMENT OF MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
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## SEC. 718 MODIFICATIONS TO IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR RESTRUCTURE OR REALIGNMENT OF MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES Section 703(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2199) is amended— ####
(1)in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph
(D)and inserting the following new subparagraph: > > ##### “(D) > > A description of how the Secretary will carry out subsection (b), including, with respect to each affected military medical treatment facility, a description of— > > > ###### “(i) > > the elements required for health care providers to accept and transition covered beneficiaries to the purchased care component of the TRICARE program; > > > ###### “(ii) > > 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 > > > ###### “(iii) > > 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 ####
(2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(4) Notice and wait > > The Secretary may not implement the plan under paragraph
(1)unless— > > > ##### “(A) > > the Secretary has submitted the plan to the congressional defense committees; > > > ##### “(B) > > 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 > > > ##### “(C) > > a 180-day period has elapsed following the later of— > > > ###### “(i) > > 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 > > > ###### “(ii) > > 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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