SEC. 2. MEDICAL CARE AND OTHER BENEFITS FOR MEM-
BERS 
AND 
FORMER 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED FORCES WITH SEVERE INJURIES OR 
ILLNESSES. 
(a) MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR MEMBERS 
AND FORMER MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act and subject to regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, any covered 
member of the Armed Forces, and any former mem-
ber of the Armed Forces, with a severe injury or ill-
ness is entitled to medical and dental care in any fa-
cility of the uniformed services under section 
1074(a) of title 10, United States Code, or through 
any civilian health care provider authorized by the 
Secretary to provide health and mental health serv-
ices to members of the uniformed services, including 
traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic 
stress disorder (PTSD), as if such member or 
former member were a member of the uniformed 
services described in paragraph (2) of such section 
who is entitled to medical and dental care under 
such section. 
(2) PERIOD OF AUTHORIZED CARE.—(A) Ex-
cept as provided in subparagraph (B), a member or 
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former member described in paragraph (1) is enti-
tled to care under that paragraph— 
(i) in the case of a member or former 
member whose severe injury or illness con-
cerned is incurred or aggravated during the pe-
riod beginning on October 7, 2001, and ending 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, during 
the three-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, except that no com-
pensation is payable by reason of this sub-
section for any period before the date of the en-
actment of this Act; or 
(ii) in the case of a member or former 
member whose severe injury or illness con-
cerned is incurred or aggravated on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, during the 
three-year period beginning on the date on 
which such injury or illness is so incurred or 
aggravated. 
(B) The period of care authorized for a member 
or former member under this paragraph may be ex-
tended by the Secretary concerned for an additional 
period of up to two years if the Secretary concerned 
determines that such extension is necessary to as-
sure the maximum feasible recovery and rehabilita-
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tion of the member or former member. Any such de-
termination shall be made on a case-by-case basis. 
(3) INTEGRATED
CARE
MANAGEMENT.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall provide for a program of 
integrated care management in the provision of care 
and services under this subsection, which manage-
ment shall be provided by appropriate medical and 
case management personnel of the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (as 
approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs) and 
with appropriate support from the Department of 
Defense regional health care support contractors. 
(4) WAIVER
OF
LIMITATIONS
TO
MAXIMIZE 
CARE.—The Secretary of Defense may, in providing 
medical and dental care to a member or former 
member under this subsection during the period re-
ferred to in paragraph (2), waive any limitation oth-
erwise applicable under chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, to the provision of such care to 
the member or former member if the Secretary con-
siders the waiver appropriate to assure the max-
imum feasible recovery and rehabilitation of the 
member or former member. 
(5) CONSTRUCTION
WITH
ELIGIBILITY
FOR 
VETERANS BENEFITS.—Nothing in this subsection 
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shall be construed to reduce, alter, or otherwise af-
fect the eligibility or entitlement of a member or 
former member of the Armed Forces to any health 
care, disability, or other benefits to which the mem-
ber of former member would otherwise be eligible or 
entitled as a veteran under the laws administered by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(6) SUNSET.—The Secretary of Defense may 
not provide medical or dental care to a member or 
former member of the Armed Forces under this sub-
section after December 31, 2012, if the Secretary 
has not provided medical or dental care to the mem-
ber or former member under this subsection before 
that date. 
(b) REHABILITATION AND VOCATIONAL BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, a member of the Armed 
Forces with a severe injury or illness is entitled to 
such benefits (including rehabilitation and vocational 
benefits, but not including compensation) from the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to facilitate the recov-
ery and rehabilitation of such member as the Sec-
retary otherwise provides to members of the Armed 
Forces receiving medical care in medical facilities of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in 
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order to facilitate the recovery and rehabilitation of 
such members. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—The provisions of para-
graphs (2) through (6) of subsection (a) shall apply 
to the provision of benefits under this subsection as 
if the benefits provided under this subsection were 
provided under subsection (a). 
(3) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall reimburse the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs for the cost of any benefits provided under this 
subsection in accordance with applicable mechanisms 
for the reimbursement of the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for the provision of medical care to members 
of the Armed Forces. 
(c) RECOVERY OF CERTAIN EXPENSES OF MEDICAL 
CARE AND RELATED TRAVEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Commencing not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned 
may reimburse covered members of the Armed 
Forces, and former members of the Armed Forces, 
with a severe injury or illness for covered expenses 
incurred by such members or former members, or 
their family members, in connection with the receipt 
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