INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPREHENSIVE AUTISM CARE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 732. INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPREHENSIVE AUTISM CARE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. Section 737 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1800) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by inserting “broadly” after “disorder”; and (ii) by striking “demonstration project” and inserting “demonstration program”; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “demonstration project” and inserting “demonstration program”; (C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting “parental involvement in applied behavioral analysis treatment, and” after “including”; (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking “for an individual who has” and inserting “, including mental health outcomes, for individuals who have”; (E) in subparagraph (E), by inserting “since its inception” after “demonstration program”; (F) in subparagraph (F), by inserting “cost effectiveness, program effectiveness, and clinical” after “measure the”; (G) in subparagraph (G), by inserting “than in the general population” after “families”; (H) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I); and (I) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new subparagraph (H): “(H) An analysis of whether the diagnosis and treatment of autism is higher among the children of military families than in the general population.” ; and (2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “nine” and inserting “31”.