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[Document affected by Public Law 107-107 Section 736(c)(1)]
[CITE: 10USC1074b]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 55--MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE
 
Sec. 1074b. Transitional medical and dental care: members on 
        active duty in support of contingency operations
        
    (a) Health Care Provided.--A member of the armed forces described in 
subsection (b), and the dependents of the member, shall be entitled to 
receive health care described in subsection (c) upon the release of the 
member from active duty in support of a contingency operation until the 
earlier of--
        (1) 30 days after the date of the release of the member from 
    active duty; or
        (2) the date on which the member and the dependents of the 
    member are covered by a health plan sponsored by an employer.

    (b) Eligible Member Described.--A member of the armed forces 
referred to in subsection (a) is a member who--
        (1) is a member of a reserve component and is called or ordered 
    to active duty in support of a contingency operation;
        (2) is involuntarily retained on active duty under section 12305 
    of this title in support of a contingency operation; or
        (3) voluntarily agrees to remain on active duty for a period of 
    less than one year in support of a contingency operation.

    (c) Health Care Described.--The health care referred to in 
subsection (a) is--
        (1) medical and dental care available under section 1076 of this 
    title in the same manner as such care is available for a dependent 
    described in subsection (a)(2) of that section; and
        (2) health benefits contracted for under the authority of 
    section 1079(a) of this title and subject to the same rates and 
    conditions as apply to persons covered under that section.

(Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VI, Sec. 640(a)(2), Dec. 5, 1991, 
105 Stat. 1385; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, 
Sec. 1501(c)(10), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 499.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1074b was renumbered section 1074c of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``section 12305'' 
for ``section 673c''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 1501(c) of Pub. L. 104-106 provided that the amendment made 
by that section is effective as of Dec. 1, 1994, and as if included as 
an amendment made by the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act, title 
XVI of Pub. L. 103-337, as originally enacted.
