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 118 STAT. 2000 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 SEC. 736. REPORT ON TRAINING ON ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON TRAINING OF FIELD MEDICAL PERSONNEL.—Not later than one year after the date of the enact ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the training on environmental hazards that is provided by the Armed Forces to medical personnel of the Armed Forces who are deployable to the field in direct support of combat personnel. (b) CONTENT.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An assessment of the adequacy of the training regarding— (A) the identification of common environmental haz ards and exposures to such hazards; and (B) the prevention and treatment of adverse health effects of such exposures. (2) A discussion of the actions taken and to be taken to improve such training. SEC. 737. UNIFORM POLICY FOR MEETING MOBILIZATION RELATED MEDICAL CARE NEEDS AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. (a) HEALTH CARE AT MOBILIZATION INSTALLATIONS.—The Sec retary of Defense shall take such steps as necessary, including through the uniform policy established under subsection (c), to ensure that anticipated health care needs of members of the Armed Forces at mobilization installations can be met at those installa tions. Such steps may, within authority otherwise available to the Secretary, include the following with respect to any such installa tion: (1) Arrangements for health care to be provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (2) Procurement of services from local health care providers. (3) Temporary employment of health care personnel to provide services at such installation. (b) MOBILIZATION INSTALLATIONS.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘mobilization installation’’ means a military installation at which members of the Armed Forces, in connection with a contin gency operation or during a national emergency— (1) are mobilized; (2) are deployed; or (3) are redeployed from a deployment location. (c) REQUIREMENT FOR REGULATIONS.— (1) POLICY ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall by regulation establish a policy for the implementation of subsection (a) throughout the Department of Defense. (2) IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF NEEDS.—As part of the policy prescribed under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall require the Secretary of each military department, with respect to each mobilization installation under the jurisdiction of that Secretary, to identify and analyze the anticipated health care needs at that installation with respect to members of the Armed Forces who may be expected to mobilize or deploy or redeploy at that installation as described in subsection (b)(1). Such identification and analysis shall be carried out so as to be completed before the arrival of such members at the installa tion. 10 USC 1074 note.

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