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 Ill STAT. 1730 PUBLIC LAW 105-85 —NOV. 18, 1997 SEC. 513. CORRECTION OF INEQUITIES IN MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE AND DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR RESERVE MEMBERS WHO INCUR OR AGGRAVATE AN ILLNESS IN THE LINE OF DUTY. (a) MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR MEMBERS. —Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting "while remaining overnight immediately before the commencement of inactive-duty training, or" after "in the line of duty"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e) A member of a uniformed service described in paragraph (1)(A) or (2)(A) of subsection (a) whose orders are modified or extended, while the member is being treated for (or recovering from) the injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated in the line of duty, so as to result in active duty for a period of more than 30 days shall be entitled, while the member remains on active duty, to medical and dental care on the same basis and to the same extent as members covered by section 1074(a) of this title.". (b) MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR DEPENDENTS.— Section 1076(a) of such title is amended by striking out paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) A dependent referred to in paragraph (1) is a dependent of a member of a uniformed service described in one of the following subparagraphs: "(A) A member who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days or died while on that duty. "(B) A member who died from an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated— "(i) while the member was on active duty under a call or order to active duty of 30 days or less, on active duty for training, or on inactive-duty training; or "(ii) while the member was traveling to or from the place at which the member was to perform, or had performed, such active duty, active duty for training, or inactive-duty training. "(C) A member who died from an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated in the line of duty while the member remained overnight immediately before the commencement of inactive-duty training, or while the member remained overnight between successive periods of inactive-duty training, at or in the vicinity of the site of the inactive-duty training, if the site was outside reasonable commuting distance from the member's residence. "(D) A member who incurred or aggravated an injury, illness, or disease in the line of duty while serving on active duty for a period of 30 days or less (or while traveling to or from the place of such duty) and the member's orders are modified or extended, while the member is being treated for (or recovering from) the injury, illness, or disease, so as to result in active duty for a period of more than 30 days. However, this subparagraph entitles the dependent to medical and dental care only while the member remains on active duty.". (c) ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION.— (1) Section 1204(2) of such title is amended to read as follows: " (2) the disability—

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