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 118 STAT. 1985 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 day treatment services, respite services, counseling, early child hood intervention, special education, and other such services provided for children and other dependents with special needs. (2) The term ‘‘TRICARE program’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1072(7) of title 10, United States Code. (e) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the evaluation required under subsection (a), including findings and recommendations. SEC. 713. CONTINUATION OF SUB ACUTE CARE FOR TRANSITION PERIOD. Section 1074j(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense may take such actions as are necessary to ensure that there is an effective transition in the furnishing of part time or intermittent home health care benefits for covered beneficiaries who were receiving such benefits before the establishment of the program under this section. The actions taken under this paragraph may include the continuation of such benefits on an extended basis for such time as the Secretary deter mines appropriate.’’. SEC. 714. IMPROVEMENTS TO PHARMACY BENEFITS PROGRAM. (a) REQUIREMENT RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS FOR MEDICARE ELIGIBLE ENROLLEES.—Section 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(6)’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) For a medicare eligible beneficiary, the cost sharing requirements may not be in excess of the cost sharing requirements applicable to all other beneficiaries covered by section 1086 of this title. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a medicare eligible beneficiary is a beneficiary eligible for health benefits under section 1086 of this title pursuant to subsection (d)(2) of such section.’’. (b) IMPROVEMENT TO UNIFORM FORMULARY PROCESS.—Section 1074g(a)(2)(E)(i) of such title is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘and additional determinations by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee of the relative clinical and cost effectiveness of the agents’’. SEC. 715. PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION OF MILITARY DENTISTS. Section 1077(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘A’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), a’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(2)(A) Dependents who are 12 years of age or younger and are covered by a dental plan established under section 1076a of this title may be treated by postgraduate dental residents in a dental treatment facility of the uniformed services under a graduate dental education program accredited by the American Dental Association if— ‘‘(i) treatment of pediatric dental patients is necessary in order to satisfy an accreditation standard of the American Dental Association that is applicable to such program, or training in pediatric dental care is necessary for the residents

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