PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1795 may enter into an agreement directly with a State to allow the State to arrange the placement of participants in the program with State and local law enforcement agencies. Paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (d) shall apply with respect to any placement made through such an agreement. "(2) The Secretary may reserve up to 10 percent of the funds made available to carry out the program for a fiscal year for the placement of participants through agreements entered into under paragraph (1). "(0 DEFINITIONS. —In this section: "(1) The term 'State' includes the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Palau, and the Virgin Islands. "(2) The term 'law enforcement officer* means an individual involved in crime and juvenile delinquency control or reduction, or enforcement of the: laws, including police, corrections, probation, parole, and judicial officers.". (b) PLACEMENT PROGRAM WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.— Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 1152, as added by subsection (a), the following new section:
- ^§ 1153. Assistance to separated members to obtain employ-
ment with heidth care providers "(a) PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense may establish a program to assist eligible members of the armed forces to obtain emplojmtient with health care providers upon their discharge or release from active duty. "(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.— (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a member shall be eligible for selection by the Secretary of Defense to participate in the program established under subsection (a) if the member— "(A) is selected for involuntary separation, is approved for separation under section 1174a or 1175 of this title, or retires pursuant to the authority provided in section 4403 of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (di\ision D of Public Law 102-484; 10 U.S.C. 1293 note) during the six-year period beginning on October 1, 1993; "(B) has received an associate degree, baccalaureate, or advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education or a junior or community college; and "(C) has a military occupational specialty, training, or experience related to health care, is likely to be able to obtain such training in a short period of time (as determined by the Secretary), or satisfies such other criteria for selection as the Secretary may prescribe. "(2) For purposes of this section, a former member of the armed forces who did not meet the minimum educational qualification criterion set forth in paragraph (I)(B) for placement assistance before discharge or release from active duty shall be considered to be a member satisf^ng such educational qualification criterion upon satisfying that criterion within five years after discharge or release from active duty.
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