Private Smither Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9186 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9186

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that medical records 
of the Department of Defense indicate the organizational affiliation of 
                     certain health care providers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2024

Mr. Arrington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that medical records 
of the Department of Defense indicate the organizational affiliation of 
                     certain health care providers.

    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 ``Private Smither Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS OF AFFILIATION OF 
              CERTAIN NON-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

    Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 1091 the following new section:
``Sec. 1091a. Identification in patient medical records of affiliation 
              of certain non-Department of Defense health care 
              providers
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
medical records of the Department of Defense include the organizational 
affiliation of any covered health care provider identified in such 
medical records.
    ``(b) Covered Health Care Provider Defined.--In this section, the 
term `covered health care provider' means a health care provider who is 
not--
            ``(1) a member of the uniformed services;
            ``(2) an employee of the Department of Defense;
            ``(3) an employee of another agency of the Federal 
        Government detailed to the Department of Defense;
            ``(4) a personal services contractor under section 1091 of 
        this title; or
            ``(5) a volunteer under section 1588 of this title.''.
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