Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/3361

 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3343

Subtitle B—TRICARE Program Improvements SEC. 711. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SURVEYS ON TRICARE STANDARD.

Section 723(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1532; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(4) Surveys required by paragraph (1) shall include questions seeking to determine from health care providers the following: ‘‘(A) Whether the provider is aware of the TRICARE program. ‘‘(B) What percentage of the provider’s current patient population uses any form of TRICARE. ‘‘(C) Whether the provider accepts patients for whom payment is made under the medicare program for health care services. ‘‘(D) If the provider accepts patients referred to in subparagraph (C), whether the provider would accept additional such patients who are not in the provider’s current patient population.’’. SEC. 712. AVAILABILITY OF CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

(a) AVAILABILITY OF CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES.— The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that chiropractic health care services are available at all medical treatment facilities listed in table 5 of the report to Congress dated August 16, 2001, titled ‘‘Chiropractic Health Care Implementation Plan’’. If the Secretary determines that it is not necessary or feasible to provide chiropractic health care services at any such facility, the Secretary shall provide such services at an alternative site for each such facility. (b) IMPLEMENTATION AND REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2006, the Secretary of the Air Force shall— (1) implement subsection (a); and (2) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the availability of chiropractic health care services as required under subsection (a), including information on alternative sites at which such services have been made available. SEC.

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10 USC 1092 note.

SURVIVING-DEPENDENT ELIGIBILITY UNDER TRICARE DENTAL PLAN FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES WHO WERE ON ACTIVE DUTY AT TIME OF DEATH OF MILITARY SPOUSE.

Section 1076a(k) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(k) ELIGIBLE DEPENDENT DEFINED.—(1) In this section, the term ‘eligible dependent’ means a dependent described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title. ‘‘(2) Such term includes any such dependent of a member who dies while on active duty for a period of more than 30 days or a member of the Ready Reserve if, on the date of the death of the member, the dependent— ‘‘(A) is enrolled in a dental benefits plan established under subsection (a); or ‘‘(B) if not enrolled in such a plan on such date—

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