I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4683 
To establish a process for the testing and evaluation of the Electronic Health 
Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department 
of Defense. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2021 
Mr. BANKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a process for the testing and evaluation of 
the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs by the Director of 
Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of 
Defense. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Electronic Health Record Testing Improve-
ment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TESTING AND EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC 
HEALTH 
RECORD 
MODERNIZATION 
PRO-
GRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The OTE Director shall test and 
evaluate the Electronic Health Record Modernization Pro-
gram— 
(1) at the request of the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs; and 
(2) not less frequently than the interval at 
which the OTE Director tests or evaluates the De-
fense Healthcare Management System Moderniza-
tion Program of the Department of Defense. 
(b) INFORMATION EXCHANGE.—The FEHRM Direc-
tor shall facilitate the exchange of information between the 
OTE Director and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
the purposes of carrying out subsection (a). 
(c) REPORTING.—Not later than 30 days after com-
pleting a test or evaluation of the Electronic Health 
Record Modernization Program, the FEHRM Director 
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate and House of Representatives and the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs the test or evaluation report. 
(d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall reimburse the Secretary of Defense for costs 
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necessary to perform such tests and evaluations by the 
OTE Director. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Electronic Health Record Mod-
ernization Program’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 503 of the Veterans Benefits and 
Transition Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–407; 38 
U.S.C. note prec. 5701). 
(2) The term ‘‘FEHRM Director’’ means the 
Director of the Federal Electronic Health Record 
Modernization 
Office 
appointed 
under 
section 
1635(c) of the Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI of 
Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note). 
(3) The term ‘‘OTE Director’’ means the Direc-
tor of Operational Test and Evaluation of the De-
partment of Defense. 
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