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Title VII: Health Care Provisions

Sec. 702 — Expanded access to dental care for certain dependents

TL;DR

Expanded access to dental care for certain dependents — amends 10 U.S.C. § 1077(c).

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..