Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/3380

 119 STAT. 3362

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006 (3) REPORT ON STUDY.—Not later than May 1, 2006, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study under this section. (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) The term ‘‘military medical or dental position’’ means a position for the performance of health care functions within the Armed Forces held by a member of the Armed Forces. (2) The term ‘‘civilian medical or dental position’’ means a position for the performance of health care functions within the Department of Defense held by an employee of the Department or of a contractor of the Department. (3) The term ‘‘affected area’’ means an area in which military medical or dental positions were converted to civilian medical or dental positions before October 1, 2004, or in which such conversions are scheduled to occur in the future. (4) The term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1072(1) of title 10, United States Code.

SEC. 745. CLARIFICATION OF INCLUSION OF DENTAL CARE IN MEDICAL READINESS TRACKING AND HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.

(a) INCLUSION OF DENTAL CARE.—Subtitle D of title VII of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 10 U.S.C. 1074 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘SEC. 740. INCLUSION OF DENTAL CARE.

‘‘For purposes of the plan, this subtitle, and the amendments made by this subtitle, references to medical readiness, health status, and health care shall be considered to include dental readiness, dental status, and dental care.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of title VII of such Act and in section 2(b) of such Act are each amended by inserting after the item relating to section 739 the following: ‘‘Sec. 740. Inclusion of dental care.’’. 10 USC 1074 note.

SEC. 746. COOPERATIVE OUTREACH TO MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE NAVAL SERVICE EXPOSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO SARCOIDOSIS.

(a) OUTREACH PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall conduct an outreach program intended to contact as many members and former members of the naval service as possible who, in connection with service aboard Navy ships, may have been exposed to aerosolized particles resulting from the removal of nonskid coating used on those ships. (b) PURPOSES OF OUTREACH PROGRAM.—The purposes of the outreach program are as follows: (1) To develop additional data for use in subsequent studies aimed at determining a causative link between sarcoidosis and military service. (2) To inform members and former members identified in subsection (a) of the findings of Navy studies identifying an association between service aboard certain naval ships and sarcoidosis.

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