HEALTH BENEFITS

SEC. 334. HEALTH BENEFITS (a) Period of Service for Dental Benefits.— Section 612(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or, in the case of a veteran who served on active duty during the Persian Gulf War, 90 days” after “180 days” in paragraphs (1)(B)(ii) and (2). (b) Presumption Relating to Psychosis.— Section 602 of such title is amended— (1) by striking out “or the Vietnam era” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Vietnam era, or the Persian Gulf War”; 105 STAT. 89 (2) by striking out “or” after “Korean conflict,” the second place it appears; and (3) by inserting “or before the end of the two-year period beginning on the last day of the Persian Gulf War, in the case of a veteran of the Persian Gulf War,” after “Vietnam era veteran,”. (c) Coverage of Certain Prescription Drug Benefits.— Section 612(h) of such title is amended in the first sentence by striking out “the Mexican border period” and all that follows through “Vietnam era” and inserting in lieu thereof “a period of war”. (d) Readjustment Counseling.— Section 612A(a) of such title is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) (A) The Secretary shall furnish counseling as described in paragraph (1), upon request, to any veteran who served on active duty after May 7, 1975, in an area at a time during which hostilities occurred in such area. “(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the term ‘hostilities’ means an armed conflict in which members of the Armed Forces are subjected to danger comparable to the danger to which members of the Armed Forces have been subjected in combat with enemy armed forces during a period of war, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Defense.”.