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‘‘(D) If the provider accepts patients referred to 
in subparagraph (C), whether the provider would ac-
cept additional such patients who are not in the pro-
vider’s current patient population.’’. 
SEC. 703. ENHANCEMENT OF TRICARE COVERAGE FOR 
MEMBERS 
WHO 
COMMIT 
TO 
CONTINUED 
SERVICE IN THE SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) EXTENSION OF COVERAGE FOR MEMBERS RE-
CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY.—Section 1076d of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by redesignating para-
graph (3) as paragraph (4) and by inserting after 
paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) In the case of a member recalled to active duty 
before the period of coverage for which the member is eli-
gible under subsection (a) terminates, the period of cov-
erage of the member—
‘‘(A) resumes after the member completes the 
subsequent active duty service (subject to any addi-
tional entitlement to care and benefits under section 
1145(a) of this title that is based on the same sub-
sequent active duty service); and 
‘‘(B) increases by any additional period of cov-
erage for which the member is eligible under sub-
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section (a) based on the subsequent active duty serv-
ice.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Unless 
earlier terminated under paragraph (3)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3) and unless earlier ter-
minated under paragraph (4)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘member recalled to active duty’ 
means, with respect to a member who is eligible for 
coverage under this section based on a period of ac-
tive duty service, a member who is called or ordered 
to active duty for an additional period of active duty 
subsequent to the period of active duty on which 
that eligibility is based.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF COVERAGE FOR MEMBERS FAC-
ING INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.—Section 1076d of such 
title is amended in subsection (b)(4), as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1)—
(1) by striking ‘‘Eligibility’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
eligibility’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) In the case of a member who is separated from 
the Selected Reserve during a period of coverage for which
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the member is eligible under subsection (a) and whose sep-
aration is a qualifying involuntary separation, that period 
of coverage shall not terminate on account of the separa-
tion. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a qualifying 
involuntary separation is involuntary retirement, involun-
tary transfer to the Retired Reserve, or discharge while 
qualified for transfer to the Retired Reserve when required 
by law or regulation to be either transferred to the Retired 
Reserve or discharged.’’. 
(c) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERS IN THE 
INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE.—Section 1076d of such 
title is amended in subsection (b)(4), as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in special cir-
cumstances prescribed by the Secretary, including contin-
ued service by a member in the Individual Ready Re-
serve.’’. 
(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR MOBILIZED MEMBERS OF IN-
DIVIDUAL READY RESERVE FINDING NO POSITION IN SE-
LECTED RESERVE.—Section 1076d of such title is amend-
ed by adding at the end of subsection (b) (as amended 
by this section) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) In the case of a member of the Individual Ready 
Reserve who meets the requirements for eligibility for 
health benefits under TRICARE Standard under sub-
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section (a) except for membership in the Selected Reserve, 
the period of coverage under this section may begin not 
later than one year after coverage would otherwise begin 
under this section had the member been a member of the 
Selected Reserve, if the member finds a position in the 
Selected Reserve during that one-year period.’’. 
(e) ELIGIBILITY
OF
FAMILY
MEMBERS
FOR
MONTHS
FOLLOWING
DEATH
OF
MEMBER.—Section 
1076d(c) of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘If a member of a reserve component dies 
while in a period of coverage under this section, the eligi-
bility of the members of the immediate family of such 
member for TRICARE Standard coverage shall continue 
for six months beyond the date of death of the member.’’
(f) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—Section 1076d of such 
title is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘on or be-
fore the date of the release’’ and inserting ‘‘not later 
than 120 days after release’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (f)(2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘TRICARE Standard’ means—
‘‘(A) medical care to which a dependent 
described in section 1076(a)(2) of this title is 
entitled; and
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‘‘(B) 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.’’. 
SEC. 704. STUDY AND PLAN RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC 
HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—
(1) GROUPS COVERED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall conduct a study of providing chiropractic 
health care services and benefits to the following 
groups: 
(A) All members of the uniformed services 
on active duty and entitled to care under sec-
tion 1074(a) of title 10, United States Code. 
(B) All members described in subpara-
graph (A) and their eligible dependents, and all 
members of reserve components of the uni-
formed services and their eligible dependents. 
(C) All members or former members of the 
uniformed services who are entitled to retired or 
retainer pay or equivalent pay and their eligible 
dependents. 
(2) MATTERS EXAMINED.—For each group list-
ed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), the study