CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CARE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 731. CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CARE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) Requirement for Program.— (1) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and carry out a demonstration program to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of furnishing chiropractic care through the medical care facilities of the Armed Forces. The Secretary of Defense shall develop and carry out the program in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments. (2) In carrying out the program, the Secretary of Defense shall— (A) subject to paragraph (3), designate not less than 10 major military medical treatment facilities of the Department of Defense to furnish chiropractic care under the program; and (B) enter into agreements with such number of chiropractors as the Secretary determines sufficient for the purposes of the program to furnish chiropractic care at such facilities under the program. (3) The Secretary may not designate under paragraph (2) any treatment facility that is located on a military installation scheduled for closure or realignment under a base closure law. (b) Program Period.— The Secretary shall carry out the demonstration program in fiscal years 1995 through 1997. (c) Reporting Requirements.— (1) Not later than January 30, 1995, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the demonstration program. The report shall— (A) identify the treatment facilities designated pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A); and (B) include a discussion of the plan for the conduct of the program. (2) Not later than May 1, 1995, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the committees referred to in paragraph (1) a plan for evaluating the program, including a schedule for conducting progress reviews and for submitting a final report to the committees. (3) The Secretary shall submit to the committees referred to in paragraph (1) a final report in accordance with the plan submitted to such committees pursuant to paragraph (2). (d) Oversight Advisory Committee.— (1) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish an oversight advisory committee to assist and advise the Secretary with regard to the development and conduct of the demonstration program. (2) The oversight advisory committee shall include the following members: (A) The Comptroller General of the United States, or the designee of such person from within the General Accounting Office. (B) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, or the designee of such person. (C) The Surgeons General of the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy, or the designees of such persons. 108 STAT. 2810 (D) No fewer than four independent representatives of the chiropractic health care profession, appointed by the Secretary of Defense. (3) The oversight advisory committee shall assist the Secretary of Defense regarding— (A) issues involving the professional credentials of the chiropractors participating in the program; (B) the granting of professional practice privileges for the chiropractors at the treatment facilities participating in the program; (C) the preparation of the reports required under subsection (c); and (D) the evaluation of the program. (4) The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the oversight advisory committee. (e) Definition.— For purposes of this section, the term “base closure law” means each of the following: (1) The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). (2) Title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). (3) Section 2687 of title 10, United States Code.