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 115 STAT. 1172 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 the reason for the waiver, and the date that a nonavailabihty statement will be required; and "(4) 60 days have elapsed since the date of the notification described in paragraph (3). "(c) WAIVER EXCEPTION FOR MATERNITY CARE.—Subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to maternity care.". (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) Subsection (a) of such section is amended by striking "under any new contract for the provision of health care services". (2) Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking "take effect on October 1, 2001." and inserting "take effect on the earlier of the following: "(1) The date that a new contract entered into by the Secretary to provide health care services under TRICARE Standard takes effect. "(2) The date that is two years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002. ". Deadline. (e) REPORT. —Not later than March 1, 2002, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the Secretary's plans for implementing section 721 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, as amended by this section. SEC. 736. TRANSITIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR MEMBERS SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. (a) PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED MEMBERS AND MOBILIZED RESERVES. —Subsection (a) of section 1145 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "paragraph (2), a member" and all that follows through "of the member)," and inserting "paragraph (3), a member of the armed forces who is separated from active duty as described in paragraph (2)"; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2): Applicability. "(2) This subsection applies to the following members of the armed forces: "(A) A member who is involuntarily separated from active duty. "(B) A member of a reserve component who is separated from active duty to which called or ordered in support of a contingency operation if the active duty is active duty for a period of more than 30 days. "(C) A member who is separated from active duty for which the member is involuntarily retained under section 12305 of this title in support of a contingency operation. "(D) A member who is separated from active duty served pursuant to a voluntary agreement of the member to remain on active duty for a period of less than one year in support of a contingency operation."; and (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking "involuntarily" each place it appears. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. —Such section 1145 is further amended—

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