REPORT ON THE PROVISION OF PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR WOMEN.

SEC. 735. REPORT ON THE PROVISION OF PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR WOMEN. (a) Report Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall prepare a report evaluating the provision of primary and preventive health care services through military medical treatment facilities and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services to female members of the uniformed services and female covered beneficiaries eligible for health care under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code. (b) Contents.—The report required by subsection (a) shall contain the following: (1) A description of the number and types of health care providers who are providing health care services in military medical treatment facilities or through the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services to female members and female covered beneficiaries. (2) A description of the health care programs implemented (or planned) by the administering Secretaries to assess the health needs of women or to meet the special health needs of women. (3) A description of the demographics of the population of female members and female covered beneficiaries and the leading categories of morbidity and mortality among such members and beneficiaries. (4) A description of any actions, including the use of special pays and incentives, undertaken by the Secretary during fiscal year 1993— (A) to ensure the retention of health care providers who are providing health care services to female members and female covered beneficiaries; (B) to recruit additional health care providers to provide such health care services; and (C) to replace departing health care providers who provided such health care services. (5) A description of any existing or proposed programs to encourage specialization of health care providers in fields related to primary and preventive health care services for women. (6) An assessment of any difficulties experienced by military medical treatment facilities or health care providers under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services in furnishing primary and preventive health care services for women and a description of the actions taken by the Secretary to resolve such difficulties. (7) A description of the actions taken by the Secretary to foster and encourage the expansion of research relating to health care issues of concern to female members of the uniformed services and female covered beneficiaries. (c) Study of the Needs of Female Members and Female Covered Beneficiaries for Health Care Services.—(1) As part of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the needs of female members of the uniformed services and female covered beneficiaries for health care services, including primary and preventive health care services for women. (2) The study shall examine the health care needs of current female members and female covered beneficiaries and anticipated future female members and female covered beneficiaries, taking 107 STAT. 1699into consideration the anticipated size and composition of the Armed Forces in the year 2000 and the demographics of the entire United States. (d) Submission and Revision.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress the report required by subsection (a) not later than October 1, 1994. The Secretary shall revise and resubmit the report to Congress not later than October 1, 1999. (e) Definitions.—For purposes of this section: (1) The term “primary and preventive health care services for women” has the meaning given that term in section 1074d(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 701(a)). (2) The term “covered beneficiary” has the meaning given that term in section 1072(5) of such title.