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Title VII: Health Care Provisions

Sec. 702Expanded access to dental care for certain dependents

TL;DR

Amends title 10, United States Code relating to expanded access to dental care for certain dependents.

Statutory text

Paragraph (2) of section 1077(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

(2) Dependents who are covered by a dental plan established under section 1076a of this title may be treated on a space available basis by postgraduate dental residents in a dental treatment facility of the uniformed services under a graduate dental education program accredited by the American Dental Association if the Secretary of Defense determines that adequate resources exist to provide such treatment..