TRANSITIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR MEMBERS SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE DUTY.

SEC. 736. TRANSITIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR MEMBERS SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. (a) Permanent Authority for Involuntarily Separated Members and Mobilized Reserves.—Subsection (a) of section 1145 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking “paragraph (2), a member” and all that follows through “of the member),” and inserting “paragraph (3), a member of the armed forces who is separated from active duty as described in paragraph (2)”; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2): “(2) This subsection applies to the following members of the armed forces: “(A) A member who is involuntarily separated from active duty. “(B) A member of a reserve component who is separated from active duty to which called or ordered in support of a contingency operation if the active duty is active duty for a period of more than 30 days. “(C) A member who is separated from active duty for which the member is involuntarily retained under section 12305 of this title in support of a contingency operation. “(D) A member who is separated from active duty served pursuant to a voluntary agreement of the member to remain on active duty for a period of less than one year in support of a contingency operation.”; and (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking “involuntarily” each place it appears. (b) Conforming Amendments.—Such section 1145 is further amended— 115 STAT. 1173 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking “during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on December 31, 2001”; and (2) in subsection (e), by striking the first sentence. (c) Repeal of Superseded Authority.—(1) Section 1074b of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1074b. (d) Transition Provision.—Notwithstanding the repeal of section 1074b of title 10, United States Code, by subsection (c), the provisions of that section, as in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to a member of the Armed Forces who is released from active duty in support of a contingency operation before that date.