Sec. 721. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR ENHANCED TREATMENT OF OCULAR INJURIES
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## SEC. 721 ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR ENHANCED TREATMENT OF OCULAR INJURIES **[**[10 U.S.C. 1073d note](/us/usc/t10/s1073d)**]** ###
(a)In General Not later than October 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall establish within the Defense Health Agency not fewer than four regional centers of excellence for the enhanced treatment of— ####
(1)ocular wounds or injuries; and ####
(2)vision dysfunction related to traumatic brain injury. ###
(b)Location of Centers Each center of excellence established under subsection
(a)shall be located at a military medical center that provides graduate medical education in ophthalmology and related subspecialties and shall be the primary center for providing specialized medical services for vision for members of the Armed Forces in the region in which the center of excellence is located. ###
(c)Policies for Referral of Beneficiaries Not later than October 1, 2023, the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall publish on a publicly available internet website of the Department of Defense policies for the referral of eligible beneficiaries of the Department to centers of excellence established under subsection
(a)for evaluation and treatment. ###
(d)Identification of Medical Personnel Billets and Staffing The Secretary of each military department, in conjunction with the Joint Staff Surgeon and the Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall identify specific medical personnel billets essential for the evaluation and treatment of ocular sensory injuries and ensure that centers of excellence established under subsection
(a)are staffed with such personnel at the level required for the enduring medical support of each such center. ###
(e)Briefing Not later than December 31, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing that— ####
(1)describes the establishment of each center of excellence established under subsection (a), to include the location, capability, and capacity of each such center; ####
(2)describes the referral policy published by the Defense Health Agency under subsection (c); ####
(3)identifies the medical personnel billets identified under subsection (d); and ####
(4)provides a plan for the staffing of personnel at such centers to ensure the enduring medical support of each such center. ###
(f)Military Medical Center Defined In this section, the term “military medical center” means a medical center described in section 1073d(b) of title 10, United States Code.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR ENHANCED TREATMENT OF OCULAR INJURIES
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