“In this title [see Short Title of 2008 Amendment note above]:“(1) Appropriate committees of congress.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means—“(A) the Committees on Armed Services, Veterans’ Affairs, and Appropriations of the Senate; and
“(B) the Committees on Armed Services, Veterans’ Affairs, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
“(2) Benefits delivery at discharge program.—The term ‘Benefits Delivery at Discharge Program’ means a program administered jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide information and assistance on available benefits and other transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces who are separating from the Armed Forces, including assistance to obtain any disability benefits for which such members may be eligible.
“(3) Disability evaluation system.—The term ‘Disability Evaluation System’ means the following:“(A) A system or process of the Department of Defense for evaluating the nature and extent of disabilities affecting members of the Armed Forces that is operated by the Secretaries of the military departments and is comprised of medical evaluation boards, physical evaluation boards, counseling of members, and mechanisms for the final disposition of disability evaluations by appropriate personnel.
“(B) A system or process of the Coast Guard for evaluating the nature and extent of disabilities affecting members of the Coast Guard that is operated by the Secretary of Homeland Security and is similar to the system or process of the Department of Defense described in subparagraph (A).
“(4) Eligible family member.—The term ‘eligible family member’, with respect to a recovering service member, means a family member (as defined in [former] section 481h(b)(3)(B) of title 37, United States Code) who is on invitational travel orders or serving as a non-medical attendee while caring for the recovering service member for more than 45 days during a one-year period.
“(5) Medical care.—The term ‘medical care’ includes mental health care.
“(6) Outpatient status.—The term ‘outpatient status’, with respect to a recovering service member, means the status of a recovering service member assigned to—“(A) a military medical treatment facility as an outpatient; or
“(B) a unit established for the purpose of providing command and control of members of the Armed Forces receiving medical care as outpatients.
“(7) Recovering service member.—The term ‘recovering service member’ means a member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or a Reserve, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy and is in an outpatient status while recovering from a serious injury or illness related to the member’s military service.
“(8) Serious injury or illness.—The term ‘serious injury or illness’, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces, means an injury or illness incurred by the member in line of duty on active duty in the Armed Forces that may render the member medically unfit to perform the duties of the member’s office, grade, rank, or rating.
“(9) TRICARE program.—The term ‘TRICARE program’ has the meaning given that term in section 1072(7) of title 10, United States Code. [As amended Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, § 1061(b)(13), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4613; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title VI, § 632(h), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2362; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 631(f)(4)(B), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1465.]