Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2329

 120 STAT. 2298

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

(F) provide for a system for monitoring the performance of significant projects for support of military treatment facilities by a civilian contractor under the TRICARE program. (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— (1) ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1, 2008, and each year thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the military departments, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the support of military treatment facilities by civilian contractors under the TRICARE program during the preceding fiscal year. (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report shall set forth, for the fiscal year covered by such report, the following: (A) The level of support of military health treatment facilities that is provided by contract civilian health care personnel under the TRICARE program in each region of the TRICARE program. (B) An assessment of the compliance of such support with regional requirements under subsection (a). (C) The number and type of agreements for the support of military treatment facilities by contract civilian health care personnel. (D) The standards of quality in effect under the requirements under subsection (a). (E) The savings anticipated, and any savings achieved, as a result of the implementation of the requirements under subsection (a). (F) An assessment of the compliance of contracts for health care staffing services for Department of Defense facilities with the requirements of subsection (c)(2)(A). (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on October 1, 2006. SEC. 733. STANDARDS AND TRACKING OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR WOUNDED, INJURED, OR ILL SERVICEMEMBERS RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES FROM A COMBAT ZONE.

(a) REPORT ON UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR ACCESS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 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 uniform standards for the access of wounded, injured, or ill members of the Armed Forces to health care services in the United States following return from a combat zone. (b) MATTERS COVERED.—The report required by subsection (a) shall describe in detail policies with respect to the following: (1) The access of wounded, injured, or ill members of the Armed Forces to emergency care. (2) The access of such members to surgical services. (3) Waiting times for referrals and consultations of such members by medical personnel, dental personnel, mental health specialists, and rehabilitative service specialists, including personnel and specialists with expertise in prosthetics and in the treatment of head, vision, and spinal cord injuries. (4) Waiting times of such members for acute care and for routine follow-up care.

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