12 2 STA T .450 4 PUBLIC LA W 110 – 41 7—O CT. 14 , 200 8(4)Thecost s av o id ed that a r e attri bu ted to the p ro g ra m. ( 5 ) The success rates o f the program compared to other n ationa l l y recogni z ed smo k ing cessation programs. ( 6 ) F indings regarding the success rate of participants in the program. ( 7 ) R ecommendations to modify the policies and procedures of the program. ( 8 ) Recommendations concerning the future utility of the program. (h) DEFIN I T I O N S . —I n this section
( 1 ) TRI CA R EPR O G R AM .—The term ‘ ‘TRICARE program ’ ’ has the meaning provided by section 1 0 7 2 (7) of title 10 ,U nited S tates Code. (2) M E D I C ARE - E L IGI B LE.—The term ‘‘medicare-eligible’’ has the meaning provided by section 1111(b) of title 10, United States Code. SEC.714 . PR E V E NTI VE H E AL TH ALL OW ANCE. (a) ALLO W ANCE.—Chapter 7 of title 3 7, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follo w ing new section: ‘ ‘ §438.Prev e nti ve h e al th s ervi c es all ow ance ‘‘(a) DEMONSTRATION P RO J ECT.—During the period beginning on J anuary 1, 200 9 , and ending on December 31, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a demonstration pro j ect designed to evaluate the efficacy of providing an annual allowance (to be known as a ‘preventive health services allowance’) to members of the armed forces described in subsection (b) to increase the use of preventive health services by such members and their dependents. ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—(1) Subject to the numerical limita- tions specified in paragraph (2), a member of the armed forces who is serving on active duty for a period of more than 30 days and meets the medical and dental readiness re q uirements for the armed force of the member may receive a preventive health services allowance. ‘‘(2) N ot more than 1,500 members of each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps may receive a preventive health serv- ices allowance during any year, of which half in each armed force shall be members without dependents and half shall be members with dependents. ‘‘(c) AMO U NT OF ALLOWANCE.—The Secretary of the military department concerned shall pay a preventive health services allow- ance to a member selected to receive the allowance in an amount equal to— ‘‘(1) $ 500 per year, in the case of a member without depend- ents
and ‘‘(2) $1,000 per year, in the case of a member with depend- ents. ‘‘(d) AUT H ORI Z ED PRE V ENTIVE H EALTH SERVICES.—(1) The Sec- retary of Defense shall specify the types of preventive health serv- ices that may be procured using a preventive health services allow- ance and the frequency at which such services may be procured. ‘‘(2) At a minimum, authorized preventive health services shall include, taking into consideration the age and gender of the member and dependents of the member: ‘‘(A) Colorectal screening. ‘‘( B ) Breast screening. Timep e r i od.
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