12 2 STA T .456PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 ap p ro pr i a te p ubl i c a nd pri v ate entitie s( includin g international enti - ties ) to carr y out t h e responsibilities speci f ied in subsection (c) . (c) RESPON S IB I L I T IES. — ( 1 ) I N G ENE RA L.— T he center shall— ( A )i m plement a comprehensive plan and strategy for the D epartment of Defense , as developed by the S ecretary of Defense, for a registry of information for the trac k ing of the diagnosis, surgical intervention or other operative procedure, other treatment, and follo w up for each case of significant eye in j ury incurred by a member of the Armed F orces while serving on active duty
( B ) ensure the electronic e x change with the Secretary of V eterans Affairs of information obtained through tracking under subparagraph (A); and ( C ) enable the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to access the registry and add information pertaining to additional treatments or surgical procedures and eventual visual out- comes for veterans who were entered into the registry and subse q uently received treatment through the Veterans H ealth Administration. ( 2 ) DESIGNATION O F REGISTR Y .—The registry under this subsection shall be known as the ‘ ‘ M ilitary E ye Injury Registry ’ ’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Registry’’). ( 3 ) CONS U LTATION IN D E V ELOP M ENT.—The center shall develop the Registry in consultation with the ophthalmological specialist personnel and optometric specialist personnel of the Department of Defense and the ophthalmological specialist per- sonnel and optometric specialist personnel of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The mechanisms and procedures of the Registry shall reflect applicable expert research on military and other eye injuries. ( 4 )ME CH ANISMS.—The mechanisms of the Registry for tracking under paragraph (1)(A) shall ensure that each military medical treatment facility or other medical facility shall submit to the center for inclusion in the Registry information on the diagnosis, surgical intervention or other operative procedure, other treatment, and follow up for each case of eye injury described in that paragraph as follows (to the extent applicable)
(A) N ot later than 3 0 days after surgery or other opera- tive intervention, including a surgery or other operative intervention carried out as a result of a follow-up examina- tion. (B) Not later than 1 8 0 days after the significant eye injury is reported or recorded in the medical record. ( 5 ) COORDINATION OF CARE AND BENEFITS.—(A) The center shall provide notice to the Blind Rehabilitation Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to the eye care services of the Veterans Health Administration on each member of the Armed Forces described in subparagraph (B) for purposes of ensuring the coordination of the provision of ongoing eye care and visual rehabilitation benefits and services by the Department of Veterans Affairs after the separation or release of such member from the Armed Forces. (B) A member of the Armed Forces described in this subparagraph is a member of the Armed Forces as follows: Notif i ca tio n.De a dl ine s .
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