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        <title>To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize extended benefits for certain autistic dependents of certain retirees.</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Revises TRICARE (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program) to authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide extended health care services and treatment, by way of contract with private providers, for dependent autism-diagnosed children of military retirees not entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and not enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of such title.</p>]]></text>
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