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SECTION 1. BAN ON DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE INFORMATION.

Subsection (a) of section 5705 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by inserting ''(1)'' after ''(a)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
''(2)(A) Except as provided in subsection (b), no part of any
medical quality assurance record or document described in subsection
(a)(1) may be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in any
judicial or administrative proceeding.
''(B) An individual who reviews or creates medical quality
assurance records or documents for the Department or who participates
in any proceeding that reviews or creates such records or documents may
not be permitted or required to testify in any judicial or
administrative proceeding with respect to such records or documents or
with respect to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or
action taken by such person in connection with such records or
documents except as provided in this section.''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE AUTHORITY.

(a) Clarification of Coverage.--Subsection (b)(1) of section 5705
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out ''or
document'' in the matter above subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu
thereof '', document, or testimony''.
(b) Disclosure for Professional Use.--Such subsection is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
''(E) In an administrative or judicial proceeding commenced
by a criminal or civil law enforcement agency or
instrumentality referred to in subparagraph (C), but only
concerning the subject of such proceeding.
''(F) To a governmental board or agency or to a
professional health care society or organization, if such
record or document is needed by the board, agency, society, or
organization to issue a professional license or credential to
or to monitor the compliance with professional standards of any
health care provider who is or was an employee of the
Department.
''(G) To a hospital, medical center, or other institution
that provides health care services, if such record or document
is needed by the institution to assess the professional
qualifications of any health care provider who is or was an
employee of the Department and who has applied for or been
granted authority or employment to provide health care services
in or on behalf of such institution.
''(H) To an administrative or judicial proceeding commenced
by a present or former Department health care provider
concerning the termination, suspension or limitation of the
clinical privileges of such health care provider, or concerning
any adverse action involving such health care provider, but
only to the extent that such records or documents relate to the
clinical conduct or performance of the individual who has
commenced the action.''.
(c) Removal of Identities.--Subsection (b)(2) of such section is
amended by striking out ''if disclosure'' and all that follows through
''personal privacy'' and inserting in lieu thereof ''subparagraphs
(1)(A) and (1)(B) of this subsection''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON DISCLOSURE.

Paragraph (3) of section 5705(b) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
''(3) A person or entity having possession of, or access to,
information, records, or documents, or testimony relating thereto, that
is subject to the provisions of this section may not disclose such
information, records, or documents, or any testimony relating thereto,
in any manner or for any purpose except for a purpose as provided in
this subsection. No person or entity to whom a record or document has
been disclosed under this subsection shall make further disclosure of
such record or document except for a purpose provided in this
subsection.''.

SEC. 4. ACCESS TO RECORDS.

Subsection (b) of section 5705 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''(7) Medical quality assurance records and documents described in
subsection (a) which are subject to section 552a of title 5 may not be
disclosed in accordance with that section except to the extent that
such disclosure is also authorized under this section.
''(8) Medical quality assurance records or documents described in
subsection (a) which are also subject to section 552a of title 5--
''(A) shall not be subject to the access provisions of such
section 552a to the extent that such access would reveal the
identities of participants in the quality assurance process
which generated the records or documents; and
''(B) are not subject to the amendment provisions of such
section 552a.
''(9) Medical quality assurance records and documents described in
subsection (a) may not be made available to any person under section
552 of title 5.''.

SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.

Subsection (d)(2) of section 5705 of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ''specified in'' and inserting in lieu
thereof ''accomplished in accordance with''.
Prohibits Department of Veterans Affairs medical quality assurance records from being subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding. Prohibits an individual who participates in the production of such records from being required to testify at such a proceeding.
Allows testimony concerning such records (currently, only the records or documents themselves) to be disclosed to Federal agencies for certain limited purposes (licensing, accreditation). Specifies additional uses for which such information may be disclosed.
Includes information and testimony related to such records within certain disclosure limitation provisions.
Prohibits the disclosure of such records by the Department as public information to the extent that such disclosure would reveal the identities of the participants in the quality assurance process which generated the records or documents.