PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1825 (3) estimate the costs to the Government of providing full or partial health care services under the plan to covered Persian Gulf veterans (and covered dependents eligible by law). (c) FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT.— The plan required by subsection (a) shall specifically address the measures to be used to monitor the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of, and patient satisfaction with, health care services provided to Persian Gulf veterans after their initial medical examination as part of registration in the Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Registry or the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program. (d) SUBMISSION OF PLAN. —Not later than March 1, 1998, the Secretaries shall submit to Congress the plan required by subsection (a). SEC. 763. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF REVISED DISABILITY CRITERIA FOR PHYSICAL EVALUATION BOARDS. Not later than March 1, 1998, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a study evaluating the revisions made by the Secretary of Defense (as required by section 721(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103- 337; 10 U.S.C. 1074 note)) to the Physical Evaluation Board criteria used to set disability ratings for members of the Armed Forces who are no longer medically qualified for continuation on active duty so as to ensure accurate disability ratings related to a diagnosis of a Gulf War illness. SEC. 764. MEDICAL CARE FOR CERTAIN RESERVES WHO SERVED IN SOUTHWEST ASIA DURING THE PERSIAN GULF WAR. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074d the following new section: "§ 1074e. Medical care: certain Reserves who served in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf Conflict "(a) ENTITLEMENT TO MEDICAL CARE. —A member of the armed forces described in subsection (b) is entitled to medical care for a qualifying Persian Gulf s3miptom or illness to the same extent and under the same conditions (other than the rec[uirement that the member be on active duty) as a member of a uniformed service who is entitled to such care under section 1074(a) of this title. "(b) COVERED MEMBERS.— Subsection (a) applies to a member of a reserve component who— "(1) is a Persian Gulf veteran; "(2) has a qualifying Persian Gulf S)anptom or illness; and "(3) is not otherwise entitled to medical care for such S3nnptom or illness under this chapter and is not otherwise eligible for hospital care and medical services for such sjnnptom or illness under section 1710 of title 38. "(c) DEFINITIONS. —In this section: "(1) The term 'Persian Gulf veteran' means a member of the armed forces who served on active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf Conflict. "(2) The term 'qualifying Persian Gulf symptom or illness' means, with respect to a member described in subsection (b), a symptom or illness— "(A) that the member registered before September 1, 1997, in the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program
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