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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care
Ombudsman Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-WIDE OMBUDSMAN OFFICE.

(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
Department of Defense-wide Ombudsman Office (in this Act referred to as
the ''Ombudsman Office'') and assign the responsibility for overseeing
the Office to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
(b) Functions.--The functions of the Ombudsman Office are to
provide assistance to and answer questions from medical holdover
patients and their families regarding--
(1) administrative processes, financial matters, and non-
military related services available to the patients and their
families throughout the patient's evaluation, treatment, and
recovery;
(2) transfer to the care of the Veterans Administration;
and
(3) support services available upon the patient's return
home.
(c) Additional Requirements.--
(1) Accountability standards.--The Ombudsman Office shall--
(A) create and maintain case files for individual
specific questions received, and initiate inquiries and
track responses for all such questions;
(B) set standards for timeliness of responses; and
(C) set standards for accountability to medical
holdover patients and their families, including
requirements for daily updates to patients and family
members about steps being taken to alleviate problems
and concerns until problems are addressed.
(2) Toll-free phone numbers.--The Ombudsman shall establish
and maintain toll-free telephone assistance phone numbers as
follows:
(A) One number shall be available for medical
holdover patients and their families and shall operate
8 hours a day and 7 days a week.
(B) One number shall be available for medical
emergency questions 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
(3) Status reports.--The Ombudsman Office shall submit
weekly status reports of actions taken to address individual
concerns to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each
military department, and the inspector general of each military
department. The Office shall also report to the commander or
director of the office or facility with responsibility for the
patients covered by the status report.
(d) Responses From Other Offices.--The Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that all other offices within the Department of Defense and the
military departments respond in a timely manner to resolve questions
and requests from the Ombudsman Office on behalf of medical holdover
patients and their families, including offices responsible for medical
matters (including medical holdover processes), financial and
accounting matters, legal matters, human resources matters, reserve
component matters, installation and management matters, and physical
disability matters.
(e) Briefings.--The head of the Ombudsman Office shall conduct
briefings of senior leadership in the military departments on all
medical holdover trends, issues, and problems in person on a monthly
basis.
(f) Congressional Inquiries.--The Ombudsman Office shall be
responsible for handling, and for setting standards regarding the
handling of, all inquiries from Congress regarding medical holdover
patients and other medical questions related to the Armed Forces. The
Ombudsman Office may report about congressional inquiries to the
congressional liaison headquarters of each military department.
(g) Staff of the Office.--
(1) Head.--The Ombudsman Office should be headed by a
general or flag officer.
(2) Staff.--The Ombudsman Office shall be staffed by
personnel from offices of the Surgeon General of each military
department and also shall include representatives from each
military department with responsibility for a part of patient
processing and representatives from reserve components.
Personnel in the Ombudsman office should--
(A) be highly trained in their office and command
processes;
(B) be given standardized and updated information
on all military retention facility personnel charged
with on-location assistance; and
(C) in the case of military personnel, be assigned
to the Office for a period of at least 3 years, and in
the case of civilian personnel, be assigned to the
Office permanently if practicable.
(3) Training and testing.--Ombudsman personnel should be
tested and evaluated on a standardized basis. Ombudsman
personnel should be also trained to deal with members of the
Armed Forces with post-traumatic stress disorder and other
brain injuries.
(h) Medical Holdover Patient.--In this Act, the term ''medical
holdover patient'' means a member of the Armed Forces, including a
member of the National Guard or other reserve component, who is
undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, or is otherwise
in medical hold or holdover status, for an injury, illness, or disease
incurred or aggravated while on active duty in the Armed Forces.
(I) Authorization.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this Act $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $1,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
Solution:
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Ombudsman Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a Department of Defense (DOD)-wide Ombudsman Office and to assign Office oversight responsibility to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.

Requires the Ombudsman to provide assistance to and answer questions from medical holdover patients and their families regarding: (1) administrative processes, financial matters, and non-military related services available to such patients and families; (2) transfer to the care of the Veterans Administration (VA); and (3) support services available upon the patient's return home. Directs the Ombudsman to establish toll-free telephone numbers for such patients and family members. Makes the Ombudsman responsible for handling congressional inquiries regarding medical holdover patients and other medical questions related to the Armed Forces.

Defines a medical holdover patient as one held over for medical treatment by DOD for an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated while on active duty.