‘‘(1) the deficiencies referred to in the report are 
investigated; and 
‘‘(2) if substantiated, a plan of action for reme-
diation of the deficiencies is developed and imple-
mented. 
‘‘(c) RELOCATION.—If the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines, on the basis of the investigation conducted in re-
sponse to a report of deficiencies at a medical-related sup-
port facility, that conditions at the facility violate health 
and safety standards, the Secretary shall relocate the occu-
pants of the facility while the violations are corrected. 
‘‘(d) MEDICAL-RELATED
SUPPORT
FACILITY
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘medical-related support 
facility’ means any facility of the Department of Defense 
that provides support to any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Members of the armed forces admitted for 
treatment to a military medical treatment facility. 
‘‘(2) Members of the armed forces assigned to a 
military medical treatment facility as an outpatient. 
‘‘(3) Family members accompanying any mem-
ber described in paragraph (1) or (2) as a nonmed-
ical attendant.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
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‘‘1567. Identification and investigation of deficiencies in adequacy, quality, and 
state of repair of medical-related support facilities.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The toll-free telephone number 
required to be established by section 1567 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be fully oper-
ational not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 103. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF HOSPITALIZA-
TION OF COMBAT WOUNDED SERVICE MEM-
BERS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, is further amended by inserting after 
section 1074l the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1074m. Notification to Congress of hospitalization 
of combat wounded members 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall provide notification of the hospitalization of 
any member of the armed forces evacuated from a theater 
of combat to the appropriate Members of Congress. 
‘‘(b) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS.—In this section, the 
term ‘appropriate Members of Congress’, with respect to the 
member of the armed forces about whom notification is 
being made, means the Senators and the Members of the 
House of Representatives representing the States or dis-
tricts, respectively, that include the member’s home of record 
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and, if different, the residence of the next of kin, or a dif-
ferent location as provided by the member. 
‘‘(c) CONSENT OF MEMBER REQUIRED.—The notifica-
tion under subsection (a) may be provided only with the 
consent of the member of the armed forces about whom noti-
fication is to be made. In the case of a member who is un-
able to provide consent, information and consent may be 
provided by next of kin.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘1074m. Notification to Congress of hospitalization of combat wounded members.’’. 
SEC. 104. INDEPENDENT MEDICAL ADVOCATE FOR MEM-
BERS 
BEFORE 
MEDICAL 
EVALUATION 
BOARDS. 
(a) ASSIGNMENT OF INDEPENDENT MEDICAL ADVO-
CATE.—Section 1222 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) INDEPENDENT MEDICAL ADVOCATE FOR MEM-
BERS BEFORE MEDICAL EVALUATION BOARDS.—(1) The 
Secretary of each military department shall ensure, in the 
case of any member of the armed forces being considered 
by a medical evaluation board under that Secretary’s super-
vision, that the member has access to a physician or other 
appropriate health care professional who is independent of 
the medical evaluation board. 
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‘‘(2) The physician or other health care professional 
assigned to a member shall— 
‘‘(A) serve as an advocate for the best interests 
of the member; and 
‘‘(B) provide the member with advice and coun-
sel regarding the medical condition of the member 
and the findings and recommendations of the medical 
evaluation board.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1222. Physical evaluation boards and medical eval-
uation boards’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 61 of such title is amend-
ed by striking the item relating to section 1222 and 
inserting the following new item: 
‘‘1222. Physical evaluation boards and medical evaluation boards.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (d) of section 1222 
of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
shall apply with respect to medical evaluation boards con-
vened after the end of the 180-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 105. TRAINING AND WORKLOAD FOR PHYSICAL EVAL-
UATION BOARD LIAISON OFFICERS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 1222(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘establishing—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘a requirement’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘establishing a requirement’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that Secretary; and’’ and 
all that follows through the end of subparagraph 
(B) and inserting ‘‘that Secretary. A physical 
evaluation board liaison officer may not be as-
signed more than 20 members at any one time, 
except that the Secretary concerned may author-
ize the assignment of additional members, for not 
more than 120 days, if required due to unfore-
seen circumstances.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘(2)’’ 
the following new sentences: ‘‘The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish a standardized training program and 
curriculum for physical evaluation board liaison offi-
cers. Successful completion of the training program is 
required before a person may assume the duties of a 
physical evaluation board liaison officer.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
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