PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2431 (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "administering Secretaries" has the meaning given such term in section 1072(3) of title 10, United States Code. (3) Of the funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 301, $50,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for carrying out paragraph (1). (g) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.— The lo use io76a amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date "°^- of the enactment of this Act, except that— (1) the $10 per month premium in effect under subsection (b)(2) of section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall continue to apply until April 1, 1993, to members enrolled in a basic dental benefits plan under such section; and (2) the Secretary of Defense may not include the benefits authorized under subsection (d)(3) of such section, as added by subsection (c), in a basic dental benefits plan under such section until April 1, 1993. SEC. 702. PROGRAMS RELATING TO THE SALE OF PHARMACEUTICALS. 10 USC 1079 (a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR PHARMACEUTICALS BY MAIL.— Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the administering Secretaries, shall— (1) establish a demonstration project that permits eligible persons described in subsection (c) to obtain prescription pharmaceuticals by mail in connection with medical care furnished to such persons under chapter 56 of title 10, United States Code; and (2) conduct the demonstration project in two or more regions selected by the Secretary, each of which consists of two or more States. (b) RETAIL PHARMACY NETWORK. —TO the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall include in each managed health care program initiated, awarded, or renewed by the Secretary after January 1, 1993, a program to supply prescription pharmaceuticals to eligible persons described in subsection (c) through a managed care network of community retail pharmacies in the area covered by the managed health care program. (c) ELIGIBLE PERSONS.— ^A person eligible to obtain pharmaceuticals under the demonstration project established under subsection (a) or the retail pharmacy network included in a managed health care program under subsection (b) is any person living in the area coveiiBd by the demonstration project or managed heal£ care program— (1) who is eligible for medical care under a contract for medical care entered into by the ScM^retary of Defense under section 1079 or 1086 of title 10, United States Code; or (2)who- (A) would be eligible for medical care under a contract for medical care entered into under section 1086 of such title except for operation of subsection (d)(l) of such section; and (B) resides in an area that is adversely affected (as determined by the Secretary) by the closure of a health care facility of the uniformed services as a result of the
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