PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 329 "(e) ENTITLEMENT TO HEALTH CARE.— A member separated under this section shall be entitled to medical and dental care under chapter 55 of this title to the same extent and under the same conditions as a person who is entitled to such care under section 1074(b) of this title. "(1) COUNSELING ABOUT AVAILABLE MEDICAL CARE.— ^A member to be separated under this section shall be provided information, in writing, before such separation of the available medical care (through the Department of Veterans Affairs and otherwise) to treat the member's condition. Such information shall include identification of specific medical locations near the member's home of record or point of discharge at which the member may seek necessary medical care. "(g) HIV-PosiTiVE MEMBERS.—A member shall be considered to be HIV-positive for purposes of this section if there is serologic evidence that the member is infected with the virus known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1), the virus most commonly associated with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States. Such serologic evidence shall be considered to exist if there is a reactive result given by an enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) serologic test that is confirmed by a reactive and diagnostic Immunoelectrophoresis test (Western blot) on two separate samples. Any such serologic test must be one that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.". (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 59 of such title is amended to read as follows: "1177. Members infected with HIV-1 virus: mandatory discharge or retirement.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— Section 1177 of title 10, United States 10 USC 1177 Code, as amended by subsection (a), applies with respect to mem- no^- bers of the Armed Forces determined to be HIV-positive before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. In the case of a member of the Armed Forces determined to be HIV-positive before such date, the deadline for separation of the member under subsection (a) of such section, as so amended, shall be determined from the date of the enactment of this Act (rather than from the date of such determination). SEC. 568. REVISION AND CODIFICATION OF MILITARY FAMILY ACT AND MILITARY CHILD CARE ACT. (a) IN GENERAL. —(1) Subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 87 the following new chapter: " CHAPTER 88—MILITARY FAMILY PROGRAMS AND MILITARY CHILD CARE " Subchapter Sec. "I. Military Family Programs 1781 "II. Military Child Care 1791 "SUBCHAPTER I—MILITARY FAMILY PROGRAMS "Sec. "1781. Office of Family Policy. "1782. Surveys of military families. "1783. Family members serving on advisory committees. "1784. Employment opportunities for military spouses. "1785. Youth sponsorship program. 29-194O-96 - 12.QL3Parti
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