[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2703 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2703

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the 
       uniformed services are entitled to refractive eye surgery.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2011

 Mr. Larson of Connecticut (for himself and Mr. Rooney) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the 
       uniformed services are entitled to refractive eye surgery.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROVISION OF REFRACTIVE EYE SURGERY.

    (a) Refractive Eye Surgery.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074l the following 
        new section:
``Sec. 1074m. Provision of refractive eye surgery
    ``(a) In General.--Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, 
members of the uniformed services entitled to medical care under 
section 1074 of this title shall also be entitled to refractive eye 
surgery, as medically appropriate.
    ``(b) Private Facility.--(1) In accordance with section 1074(c) of 
this title, the Secretary shall ensure that a member of a uniformed 
service entitled to refractive eye surgery under subsection (a) who is 
not located near a military medical treatment facility that provides 
reasonable access to such surgery, as determined by the Secretary, may 
receive such surgery at a private facility located near the member.
    ``(2) In determining under paragraph (1) whether a military medical 
treatment facility provides reasonable access to refractive eye 
surgery, the Secretary shall take into account--
            ``(A) whether the facility provides such surgery; and
            ``(B) if the facility provides such surgery, the waiting 
        period required to receive such surgery.
    ``(c) Refractive Eye Surgery Defined.--In this section, the term 
`refractive eye surgery' means an appropriate corrective eye surgery, 
including laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (commonly referred to 
as `LASIK') and photorefractive keratectomy (commonly referred to as 
`PRK').''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 1074l the following new item:

``1074m. Provision of refractive eye surgery.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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