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10 U.S. Code § 1781c - Office of Community Support for Military Families With Special Needs | LII / Legal Information Institute
Establishment.— There is in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness the Office of Community Support for Military Families With Special Needs (in this section referred to as the “Office”).
Purpose.— The purpose of the Office is to enhance and improve Department of Defense support around the world for military families with special needs (whether medical or educational needs) through the development of appropriate policies, enhancement and dissemination of appropriate information throughout the Department of Defense, support for such families in obtaining referrals for services and in obtaining service, and oversight of the activities of the military departments in support of such families.
Responsibilities.— The Office shall have the responsibilities as follows:
Policy.— (1)
The policy developed under this subsection shall include elements regarding the following:
In addressing the assignment of members of the armed forces under paragraph (2)(A), the policy developed under this subsection shall, in a manner consistent with the needs of the armed forces and responsive to the career development of members of the armed forces on active duty, provide for such members each of the following:
In addressing support for military families under paragraph (2)(B), the policy developed under this subsection shall provide the following:
Programs.— (1)
The Office shall establish, maintain, and oversee a program of outreach on special needs matters for military families with special needs. The program shall—
Resources.— The Secretary of Defense shall assign to the Office such resources, including personnel, as the Secretary considers necessary for the discharge of the responsibilities of the Office, including a sufficient number of members of the armed forces to ensure appropriate representation by the military departments in the personnel of the Office.
Each report under this subsection shall include the following:
Military Family With Special Needs.— For purposes of this section, a military family with special needs is any military family with one or more members who has a medical or educational special need (as defined by the Secretary in regulations for purposes of this section), including a condition covered by the Extended Health Care Option Program under section 1079f of this title.
(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 563(a)(1),Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2304; amended Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 582(a), (b), title X, § 1075(b)(24),Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4226, 4227, 4370.)
2011—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–383, § 582(a), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
Subsec. (d)(7), (8). Pub. L. 111–383, § 582(b), added par. (7) and redesignated former par. (7) as (8).
Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 111–383, § 1075(b)(24), substituted “April 30 each year” for “180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, and annually thereafter”.
Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 563(b),Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2307, provided that:
“(1) Establishment authorized.—The Secretary of Defense may establish a foundation for the provision of assistance to the Department of Defense in providing support to military families with special needs.
“(2) Purposes.—The purposes of the foundation shall be to assist the Department of Defense as follows:
“(A) In conducting outreach to identify military families with special needs.
“(B) In developing programs to support and provide services to military families with special needs.
“(C) In developing educational curricula for the training of professional and paraprofessional personnel providing support and services on special needs to military families with special needs.
“(i) The unique factors associated with a military career (including deployments of members of the Armed Forces) and their effects on families and individuals with special needs.
“(ii) Evidence-based therapeutic and medical services for members of military families with special needs, including research in conjunction with non-Department of Defense entities such as the National Institutes of Health.
“(E) In providing vocational education and training for adolescent and adult members of military families with special needs.
“(F) In carrying out other initiatives to contribute to improved support for military families with special needs.
“(3) Department of defense funding.—The Secretary may provide the foundation such financial support as the Secretary considers appropriate, including the provision to the foundation of appropriated funds and non-appropriated funds available to the Department of Defense.
“(4) Annual report.—The foundation shall submit to the Secretary, and to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives], each year a report on its activities under this subsection during the preceding year. Each report shall include, for the year covered by such report, the following:
“(A) A description of the programs and activities of the foundation.
“(B) The budget of the foundation, including the sources of any funds provided to the foundation.
“(5) Military family with special needs defined.—In this subsection, the term ‘military family with special needs’ has the meaning given such term in section 1781c
(i) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)).”
Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 563(c), as added Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 582(c)(2),Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4227, provided that: “The Secretary of a military department may establish or support centers on or in the vicinity of military installations under the jurisdiction of such Secretary to coordinate and provide medical and educational services for children with special needs of members of the Armed Forces who are assigned to such installations.”
Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 563(d), as added Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 582(c)(2),Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4227, provided that:
“(1) Establishment.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection [Jan. 7, 2011], the Secretary of Defense shall establish an advisory panel on community support for military families with special needs.
“(2) Members.—The advisory panel shall consist of seven individuals who are a member of a military family with special needs. The Secretary of Defense shall appoint the members of the advisory panel.
“(3) Duties.—The advisory panel shall—
“(A) provide informed advice to the Director of the Office of Community Support for Military Families With Special Needs on the implementation of the policy required by subsection (e) ofsection 1781c of title 10, United States Code, and on the discharge of the programs required by subsection (f) of such section;
“(B) assess and provide information to the Director on services and support for children with special needs that is available from other departments and agencies of the Federal Government and from State and local governments; and
“(C) otherwise advise and assist the Director in the discharge of the duties of the Office of Community Support for Military Families With Special Needs in such manner as the Secretary of Defense and the Director jointly determine appropriate.
“(4) Meetings.—The Director shall meet with the advisory panel at such times, and with such frequency, as the Director considers appropriate. The Director shall meet with the panel at least once each year. The Director may meet with the panel through teleconferencing or by other electronic means.”