To require a report on the Department of Defense Composite Health Care System II.

1. Adds SEC. 718. REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPOSITE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM II at the end of subtitle B of title VII

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   (b) Renaming of MedTeams Program.--The caption of subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking "MedTeams" and inserting "Medical Team Training".

   Inserted: SEC. 718. REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPOSITE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM II.

   Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Department of Defense Composite Health Care System II (CHCS II).

   Inserted: (b) Report Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) A chronology and description of previous efforts undertaken to develop an electronic medical records system capable of maintaining a two-way exchange of data between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

   Inserted: (2) The plans as of the date of the report, including any projected commencement dates, for the implementation of the Composite Health Care System II.

   Inserted: (3) A statement of the amounts obligated and expended as of the date of the report on the development of a system for the two-way exchange of data between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the Composite Health Care System II.

   Inserted: (4) An estimate of the amounts that will be required for the completion of the Composite Health Care System II.

   Inserted: (5) A description of the software and hardware being considered as of the date of the report for use in the Composite Health Care System II.

   Inserted: (6) A description of the management structure used in the development of the Composite Health Care System II.

   Inserted: (7) A description of the accountability measures utilized during the development of the Composite Health Care System II in order to evaluate progress made in the development of that System.

   Inserted: (8) The schedule for the remaining development of the Composite Health Care System II.

   Inserted: (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--

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   Inserted: (1) the Committees on Armed Services, Appropriations, Veterans' Affairs, and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (2) the Committees on Armed Services, Appropriations, Veterans' Affairs, and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

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