VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability Act

Bill: 116-hr-8571
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2020-10-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health information and medical records

Intergovernmental relations

Military medicine

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to update interoperable electronic health record systems to include certain information about deployments.</p> <p>Specifically, the records must include the following information: (1) whether a member or veteran of the Armed Forces was deployed outside of the United States, (2) the number of such deployments, (3) the length of each such deployment, and (4) whether the member or veteran served in a theater of combat operations.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8571 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 9, 2020 Mr. Rose of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs , 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 direct the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to update the electronic health records of the respective departments to include information regarding the deployments of members of the Armed Forces.

1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability Act . 2. Information regarding deployments in the interoperable electronic health record systems of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs shall update the interoperable electronic health record systems of the respective departments (developed under section 1635 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ( Public Law 110–181 ; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note)) to include the following information: (1) Whether the member of the Armed Forces or veteran was deployed outside the United States. (2) The number of deployments described in paragraph (1). (3) The length of each deployment described in paragraph (1). (4) Whether the member or veteran served in a theater of combat operations.