Sec. 738. ANNUAL REPORT ON RECRUITMENT DELAYS RELATING TO MEDICAL CONDITIONS

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## SEC. 738 ANNUAL REPORT ON RECRUITMENT DELAYS RELATING TO MEDICAL CONDITIONS ###

(a)Reports Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for three years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the efforts of the Secretary to address recruitment delays associated with medical conditions of applicants for service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force. ###

(b)Elements Each report under subsection

(a)shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following: ####

(1)The average number of days between the date on which Military Entrance Processing Stations personnel accept the applicant prescreen and the date of the first recorded contact for such applicant, disaggregated by military department. ####

(2)The average number of days for medical waiver processing, disaggregated by military department. ####

(3)The number of medical waivers processed by each military department, including a breakdown of those that were approved and denied and the associated disqualifications requiring a medical waiver. ####

(4)An assessment of the efforts of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department to address the recruitment delays specified in subsection (a). ####

(5)An assessment of the plans of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department to further address those delays.