123STA T . 23 89PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 4—O CT. 28 , 2 0 09 (1)INGE NE RAL.—Thetrial re qu ire dbys ubse c ti on (a) shall be f unded as a m edical research p ro j ect usin g amounts author - i z ed to be appropriated for D efense H ealth P rogram for research and de v elopment. ( 2 )PR OHIB I T ION ON US EO FC ERTAIN FUN D S.— A mounts in the Department of Defense M edicare- E ligible R etiree Health C are F und under chapter 56 of title 1 0,U nited S tates Code, may not be used to carry out the provisions of this section. (d) RE P ORTS.— (1) REPORT ON PLAN AND DESIGN FOR TRIAL.— N ot later than 1 8 0 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a plan for the conduct of the trial required by subsection (a), including a description of the proposed design of the trial. (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after the completion of the trial required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth, at a minimum, the follo w ing
(A) An assessment of the efficacy of cognitive rehabili- tative therapy in treating traumatic brain injury in mem- bers and former members of the Armed Forces described in subsection (b). ( B ) Such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate on means to provide increased access to safe, effective, and quality cognitive rehabilitative therapy serv- ices for such members and former members, including rec- ommendations regarding the following: (i) Procedures for access of such members and former members to cognitive rehabilitative therapy services, including appropriate treatment plans and outcome measures. (ii) Q ualifications and supervisory requirements for licensed and certified health care professionals in the provision of such services to such members and former members. (iii) A methodology for reimbursing providers of such services in the provision of such services to such members and former members. (C) The recommendation of the Secretary as to the advisability of including cognitive rehabilitative therapy as a benefit under the TRICARE program. SEC.724 . D E PARTM E N T OF DEFENSE TAS K FORCE ON T H E CARE , MANA G EMENT, AND TRANS I TION OF RECO V ERING W O U NDED, I L L, AND IN J URED MEM B ERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. (a) ESTABLISH M ENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish within the Department of Defense a tas k force to be known as the ‘ ‘Department of Defense Task Force on the Care, Manage- ment, and Transition of Recovering W ounded, Ill, and Injured Members of the Armed Forces ’ ’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Task Force shall be to assess the effectiveness of the policies and programs devel- oped and implemented by the Department of Defense, and
