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 118 STAT. 1979 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives. TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS Subtitle A—Enhanced Benefits for Reserves Sec. 701. TRICARE coverage for members of reserve components who commit to continued service in the Selected Reserve after release from active duty. Sec. 702. Comptroller General report on the cost and feasibility of providing private health insurance stipends for members of the Ready Reserves. Sec. 703. Permanent earlier eligibility date for TRICARE benefits for members of reserve components and their dependents. Sec. 704. Waiver of certain deductibles under TRICARE program for members on active duty for a period of more than 30 days. Sec. 705. Authority for payment by United States of additional amounts billed by health care providers to activated Reserves. Sec. 706. Permanent extension of transitional health care benefits and addition of requirement for preseparation physical examination. Subtitle B—Other Benefits Improvements Sec. 711. Opportunity for young child dependent of deceased member to become eli gible for enrollment in a TRICARE dental plan. Sec. 712. Comptroller General report on provision of health, education, and support services for Exceptional Family Member Program enrollees. Sec. 713. Continuation of sub acute care for transition period. Sec. 714. Improvements to pharmacy benefits program Sec. 715. Professional accreditation of military dentists. Sec. 716. Temporary authority for waiver of collection of payments due for CHAMPUS benefits received by disabled persons unaware of loss of CHAMPUS eligibility. Sec. 717. Services of marriage and family therapists. Sec. 718. Chiropractic health care benefits advisory committee. Subtitle C—Planning, Programming, and Management Sec. 721. Pilot program for health care delivery. Sec. 722. Study of provision of travel reimbursement to hospitals for certain mili tary disability retirees. Sec. 723. Study of mental health services. Sec. 724. Policy for timely notification of next of kin of members seriously ill or in jured in combat zones. Sec. 725. Revised funding methodology for military retiree health care benefits. Sec. 726. Grounds for presidential waiver of requirement for informed consent or option to refuse regarding administration of drugs not approved for gen eral use. Sec. 727. TRICARE program regional directors. Subtitle D—Medical Readiness Tracking and Health Surveillance Sec. 731. Medical readiness plan and Joint Medical Readiness Oversight Com mittee. Sec. 732. Medical readiness of Reserves. Sec. 733. Baseline Health Data Collection Program. Sec. 734. Medical care and tracking and health surveillance in the theater of oper ations. Sec. 735. Declassification of information on exposures to environmental hazards. Sec. 736. Report on training on environmental hazards. Sec. 737. Uniform policy for meeting mobilization related medical care needs at military installations. Sec. 738. Full implementation of Medical Readiness Tracking and Health Surveil lance Program and Force Health Protection and Readiness Program. Sec. 739. Reports and Internet accessibility relating to health matters.

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