VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability Act
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.
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.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 8571 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8571
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.
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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
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability
Act''.
SEC. 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.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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.
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.
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