Administration of Defense Health Agency and military medical treatment facilities

The Director of the Defense Health Agency shall— In accordance with paragraph (5), the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall be responsible for the administration of each military medical treatment facility, including with respect to— In addition to the responsibilities set forth in paragraph (1), the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall have the authority— The military commander or director of each military medical treatment facility shall be responsible for— There is in the Defense Health Agency an Assistant Director for Health Care Administration. The Assistant Director shall— The Assistant Director shall be responsible for the following: The responsibilities of the Director shall include the following: Subject to subsection (g), the Secretary of Defense shall, acting though the Director of the Defense Health Agency, establish within the Defense Health Agency the following: A subordinate organization, to be called the Defense Health Agency Research and Development— A subordinate organization, to be called the Defense Health Agency Public Health— At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, a military department may retain a function that would otherwise be transferred to the Defense Health Agency under subsection (f) if the Secretary of Defense determines the function— In implementing this section— In this section: The term “military medical treatment facility” means—