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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 · Sec. 701

Sec. 701. ACCESS TO SPECIALTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE UNDER TRICARE PRIME

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## SEC. 701 ACCESS TO SPECIALTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE UNDER TRICARE PRIME Section 704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended— ####
(1)by redesignating subsection
(c)as subsection (d); and ####
(2)by inserting after subsection
(b)the following new subsection (c): > > ### “(c) Access to Specialty Behavioral Health Care > > > #### “(1) Monitoring > > The Secretary shall continuously monitor the ability of beneficiaries under TRICARE Prime to receive an appointment for specialty behavioral health care under TRICARE Prime within the access standards established under subsection (b)(2)(B) for such health care. > > > #### “(2) Expansion of behavioral health accreditation standards > > > ##### “(A) Determinations > > The Secretary shall expand required behavioral health accreditation standards in a State if the Secretary makes the following determinations: > > > ###### “(i) > > Access to specialty behavioral health care in that State fails to meet the access standards established under subsection (b)(2)(B) for more than 12 consecutive months. > > > ###### “(ii) > > The expanded accreditation standards are adequate to ensure quality of care. > > > ##### “(B) State credentials > > The Secretary may include in expanded behavioral health accreditation standards under subparagraph
(A)appropriate credentials issued by State-level organizations. > > > ##### “(C) Briefings > > If the Secretary expands behavioral health accreditation standards under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on such expansion, including how such expansion affects access to specialty behavioral health care. > > > ##### “(D) Notifications > > If the Secretary makes a determination under clause
(i)of subparagraph (A), but does not make a determination under clause
(ii)of such subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a notice explaining both such determinations. > > > #### “(3) Termination > > The authority of the Secretary under this subsection shall terminate on January 1, 2028.” > .
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