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 118 STAT. 1988 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (2) The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the oversight advisory committee under this section. (h) TERMINATION.—The advisory committee shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the report under subsection (f). Subtitle C—Planning, Programming, and Management SEC. 721. PILOT PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY. (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense may conduct a pilot program at two or more military installations for purposes of testing initiatives that build cooperative health care arrange ments and agreements between military installations and local and regional non military health care systems. (b) REQUIREMENTS OF PILOT PROGRAM.—In conducting the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall— (1) identify and analyze health care delivery options involving the private sector and health care services in military facilities located on the installation; (2) determine the cost avoidance or savings resulting from innovative partnerships between the Department of Defense and the private sector; (3) study the potential, viability, cost efficiency, and health care effectiveness of Department of Defense health care pro viders delivering health care in civilian community hospitals; and (4) determine the opportunities for and barriers to coordi nating and leveraging the use of existing health care resources, including Federal, State, local, and contractor assets. (c) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop the pilot program in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, representatives from the military installation selected for the pilot program, Federal, State, and local entities, and the TRICARE managed care support contractor with responsibility for that installation. (d) SELECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The pilot program may be implemented at two or more military installations selected by the Secretary of Defense. At least one of the selected military installations shall meet the following criteria: (1) The military installation has members of the Armed Forces on active duty and members of reserve components of the Armed Forces that use the installation as a training and operational base, with members routinely deploying in support of the global war on terrorism. (2) The number of members of the Armed Forces on active duty permanently assigned to the military installation is expected to increase over the next five years. (3) One or more cooperative arrangements exist at the military installation with civilian health care entities in the form of specialty care services in the military medical treatment facility on the installation. (4) There is a military treatment facility on the installation that does not have inpatient or trauma center care capabilities. (5) There is a civilian community hospital near the military installation with— 10 USC 1092 note.

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