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for improvements as follows with respect to the care, man-
agement, and transition of recovering service members: 
(1) COMPREHENSIVE RECOVERY PLAN FOR RE-
COVERING
SERVICE
MEMBERS.—The policy shall 
provide for uniform standards and procedures for 
the development of a comprehensive recovery plan 
for each recovering service member that covers the 
full spectrum of care, management, transition, and 
rehabilitation of the service member during recovery. 
(2) RECOVERY CARE COORDINATORS FOR RE-
COVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The policy shall provide 
for a uniform program for the assignment to 
recovering service members of recovery care co-
ordinators having the duties specified in sub-
paragraph (B). 
(B) DUTIES.—The duties under the pro-
gram of a recovery care coordinator for a recov-
ering service member shall include, but not be 
limited to, overseeing and assisting the service 
member in the service member’s course through 
the entire spectrum of care, management, tran-
sition, and rehabilitation services available from 
the Federal Government, including services pro-
vided by the Department of Defense, the De-
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partment of Veterans Affairs, the Department 
of Labor, and the Social Security Administra-
tion. 
(C) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SERVICE 
MEMBERS MANAGED BY COORDINATORS.—The 
maximum number of recovering service mem-
bers whose cases may be assigned to a recovery 
care coordinator under the program at any one 
time shall be such number as the policy shall 
specify, except that the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned may waive such lim-
itation with respect to a given coordinator for 
not more than 120 days in the event of unfore-
seen circumstances (as specified in the policy). 
(D) TRAINING.—The policy shall specify 
standard training requirements and curricula 
for recovery care coordinators under the pro-
gram, including a requirement for successful 
completion of the training program before a 
person may assume the duties of such a coordi-
nator. 
(E) RESOURCES.—The policy shall include 
mechanisms to ensure that recovery care coordi-
nators under the program have the resources 
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necessary to expeditiously carry out the duties 
of such coordinators under the program. 
(F) SUPERVISION.—The policy shall speci-
fy requirements for the appropriate rank or 
grade, and appropriate occupation, for persons 
appointed to head and supervise recovery care 
coordinators. 
(3) MEDICAL CARE CASE MANAGERS FOR RE-
COVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The policy shall provide 
for a uniform program among the military de-
partments for the assignment to recovering 
service members of medical care case managers 
having the duties specified in subparagraph 
(B). 
(B) DUTIES.—The duties under the pro-
gram of a medical care case manager for a re-
covering service member (or the service mem-
ber’s immediate family or other designee if the 
service member is incapable of making judg-
ments about personal medical care) shall in-
clude, at a minimum, the following: 
(i) Assisting in understanding the 
service member’s medical status during the 
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care, recovery, and transition of the service 
member. 
(ii) Assisting in the receipt by the 
service member of prescribed medical care 
during the care, recovery, and transition of 
the service member. 
(iii) Conducting a periodic review of 
the medical status of the service member, 
which review shall be conducted, to the ex-
tent practicable, in person with the service 
member, or, whenever the conduct of the 
review in person is not practicable, with 
the medical care case manager submitting 
to the manager’s supervisor a written ex-
planation why the review in person was not 
practicable (if the Secretary of the military 
department concerned elects to require 
such written explanations for purposes of 
the program). 
(C) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SERVICE 
MEMBERS MANAGED BY MANAGERS.—The max-
imum number of recovering service members 
whose cases may be assigned to a medical care 
case manager under the program at any one 
time shall be such number as the policy shall 
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policy shall provide for uniform procedures among 
the military departments on the measurement of the 
satisfaction of family members of recovering service 
members with the quality of health care services pro-
vided to such service members during their recovery. 
(4) JOB
PLACEMENT
SERVICES
FOR
FAMILY 
MEMBERS
OF
RECOVERING
SERVICE
MEMBERS.— 
The policy shall provide for procedures for applica-
tion by eligible family members during a one-year 
period for job placement services otherwise offered 
by the Department of Defense. 
(g) OUTREACH TO RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS 
AND THEIR FAMILIES ON COMPREHENSIVE POLICY.— 
The policy required by subsection (a) shall include proce-
dures and mechanisms to ensure that recovering service 
members and their families are fully informed of the poli-
cies required by this section, including policies on medical 
care for recovering service members, on the management 
and transition of recovering service members, and on the 
responsibilities of recovering service members and their 
family members throughout the continuum of care and 
services for recovering service members under this section. 
(h) APPLICABILITY OF COMPREHENSIVE POLICY TO 
RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS ON TEMPORARY DIS-
ABILITY RETIRED LIST.—Appropriate elements of the pol-
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