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 114 STAT. 1654A-186 PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX "(3) The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the other administering Secretaries in the administration of this subsection.". (2) Section 731(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1811; 10 U.S.C. 1074 note) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: "A dependent of the member, as described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of title 10, United States Code, who is residing with the member shall have the same entitlement to care and to waiver of charges as the member."; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting "or dependent of the member, as the case may be," after "(2) A member". (c) EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICABILITY. — (1) The amendments made by subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) shall take effect on October 1, 2001. (2) The amendments made by subsection (a)(2), with respect to members of the uniformed services, and the amendments made by subsection (b)(2), with respect to dependents of members, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall expire with respect to a member or the dependents of a member, respectively, on the later of the following: (A) The date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) The date on which the policies required by the amendments made by subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) are implemented with respect to the coverage of medical care for and provision of such care to the member or dependents, respectively. (3) Section 731(b)(3) of Public Law 105-85 does not apply to a member of the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, or to a dependent of a member of a uniformed service. SEC. 723. MODERNIZATION OF TRICARE BUSINESS PRACTICES AND INCREASE OF USE OF MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITIES. (a) REQUIREMENT TO IMPLEMENT INTERNET-BASED SYSTEM.— Not later than October 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall implement a system to simplify and make accessible through the use of the Internet, through commercially available systems and products, critical administrative processes within the military health care system and the TRICARE program. The purposes of the system shall be to enhance efficiency, improve service, and achieve commercially recognized standards of performance. (b) ELEMENTS OF SYSTEM.— The system required by subsection (a)— (1) shall comply with patient confidentiality and security requirements, and incorporate data requirements, that are currently widely used by insurers under medicare and commercial insurers; (2) shall be designed to achieve improvements with respect to— (A) the availability and scheduling of appointments; (B) the filing, processing, and payment of claims; (C) marketing and information initiatives; (D) the continuation of enrollments without expiration; (E) the portability of enrollments nationwide;

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