Military medical treatment facilities

Medical centers shall consist of the following: The Secretary may designate certain medical centers as satellite centers of excellence for the provision of specialty care services for specific conditions, such as the following: Centers of excellence designated under this paragraph shall serve the purposes of— The areas of specialty care described in this subparagraph are as follows: The Secretary— In this paragraph: Hospitals shall provide— Hospitals shall consist of inpatient and outpatient care facilities with limited specialty care that the Secretary determines— Ambulatory care centers shall consist of outpatient care facilities with limited specialty care that the Secretary determines— The Secretary may not eliminate the inpatient capabilities of a covered facility until the day that is 180 days after the Secretary provides a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the proposed elimination. During any such briefing, the Secretary shall certify the following: The Secretary has entered into agreements with hospitals or medical centers in the host nation of such covered facility that— Before the Secretary eliminates the inpatient capabilities of such covered facility, the Secretary shall provide each member of the armed forces or covered beneficiary who receives health care from the covered facility with— The Secretary of Defense may not modify the scope of medical care provided at a military medical treatment facility, or the beneficiary population served at the facility, unless— Each notification under paragraph (1) shall contain, with respect to the military medical treatment facility for which the modification in scope has been proposed, the following: