Walter Reed Injury Recovery (WIRe) Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1923
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-05-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care coverage and access

Health facilities and institutions

Maryland

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Military facilities and property

Military medicine

Neurological disorders
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Walter Reed Injury Recovery (WIRe) Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide government employees and their family members timely access to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for assessment if they are determined to be experiencing certain anomalous health conditions.</p> <p>DOD must furnish treatment for the anomalous health condition or related affliction at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.</p> <p>DOD must also develop a process to ensure that government employees and their family members are afforded timely access to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1923 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 27, 2021 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Ms. Collins , Mrs. Gillibrand , and Mrs. Shaheen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to employees of the United States Government and their family members timely access to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for medical assessment of anomalous health conditions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Walter Reed Injury Recovery (WIRe) Act of 2021 . 2. Access by United States Government employees and their family members to certain facilities of Department of Defense for assessment and treatment of anomalous health conditions (a) Assessment The Secretary of Defense shall provide to employees of the United States Government and their family members who the Secretary determines are experiencing symptoms of certain anomalous health conditions, as defined by the Secretary for purposes of this section, timely access to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for medical assessment. (b) Treatment With respect to an individual described in subsection (a) diagnosed with an anomalous health condition or a related affliction, whether diagnosed under an assessment under subsection (a) or otherwise, the Secretary shall furnish to the individual treatment for the injury or affliction, subject to space availability, at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. (c) Development of process The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the heads of such Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appropriate, shall develop a process to ensure that employees from those agencies and their family members are afforded timely access to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center pursuant to subsection (a) by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.