STUDY ON ACCREDITATION OF MILITARY DENTAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.

SEC. 735. STUDY ON ACCREDITATION OF MILITARY DENTAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. (a) Study Required.—The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall conduct a study on the accreditation of military dental treatment facilities. Such study shall include the following: (1) An identification of the number and percentage of military dental treatment facilities that have not achieved accreditation. (2) An analysis of any barriers, including administrative or operational barriers, impeding the achievement of such accreditation requirement with respect to military dental treatment facilities. (3) An assessment of the resources, including personnel, training, and infrastructure resources, necessary to achieve accreditation. (4) An estimate of the costs necessary to bring any unaccredited military dental treatment facility into compliance with such accreditation requirement. (5) Recommendations for any administrative, legislative, or other action necessary to ensure the full implementation of such accreditation requirement. (b) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the study under subsection (a). Such report shall include— (1) the findings of the study; (2) a plan to ensure the accreditation of military dental treatment facilities; and (3) any recommendations by the Inspector General for additional resources or legislative authority necessary to achieve full accreditation of military dental treatment facilities.