S.Amdt. 2426
What it does: Adds SEC. 733. CENTENNIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT on page 188, line 23
Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)What it changes
1 change to S. 1042
Adds SEC. 733. CENTENNIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT on page 188, line 23
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 733. CENTENNIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
Inserted: (a) Establishment.--
Inserted: (1) Requirement.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall implement a demonstration project (referred to in this section as the "Centennial Demonstration Project") with a non-profit health care entity (referred to in this section as the "partner") to permit employees of the Department of Defense and of the partner to jointly staff and provide heath care services to military personnel and civilians at a Department of Defense military treatment facility.
Inserted: (2) Term of the project.--The Secretary shall carry out the Centennial Demonstration Project for a 5-year period.
Inserted: (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Centennial Demonstration Project shall be to evaluate whether jointly staffing a Department of Defense military treatment facility with employees of the Department of Defense and of the partner--
Inserted: (1) improves the quality of care provided to military personnel through the use of supplemental civilian medical resources that are not otherwise available at the military treatment facility;
Inserted: (2) enhances the economical use of the military treatment facility by permitting excess capacity within the facility to be used by civilian medical personnel for civilian care; and
Inserted: (3) provides military medical personnel additional training opportunities involving the care of civilians at the military treatment facility.
Inserted: (c) Limitation on Services to Civilians by Military Personnel.--The Secretary of Defense may not permit any civilian to receive medical services provided by military medical personnel under the Centennial Demonstration Project unless the Secretary submits to the Armed Services Committee of the Senate and the Armed Service Committee of the House of Representatives a report that includes descriptions of--
Inserted: (1) the services to be provided by the military medical personnel to civilians under such Project;
Inserted: (2) any benefits associated with providing such services that enhance the readiness and proficiency of the military personnel participating in such Program; and
Inserted: (3) the mechanisms for recovering the costs associated with the provision of such services.
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Inserted: (d) Financial Arrangements.--The Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into appropriate financial arrangements with the partner to ensure that the Department of Defense is compensated for any care provided to civilians under the Centennial Demonstration Project. The Secretary of Defense shall determine the terms of such arrangements after evaluating--
Inserted: (1) the value of the services to be provided by the partner under such Project; and
Inserted: (2) the value of the use of military treatment facility by the partner during such Project.
Inserted: (e) Liability.--Nothing in this section may be construed to modify any law regarding the liability of civilian or military medical personnel for medical services rendered to either civilian or military personnel.
Inserted: (f) Reports.--
Inserted: (1) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense and the appropriate representative of the partner shall jointly prepare and submit to Congress 2 reports on the Centennial Demonstration Project and its impact on the military treatment facility where such Project is implemented.
Inserted: (2) Schedule.--
Inserted: (A) First report.--The first report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Inserted: (B) Second report.--The second report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Original wording
On page 188, after line 23, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 2426. Mr. DeWINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 188, after line 23, insert the following:
SEC. 733. CENTENNIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall implement a demonstration project (referred to in this section as the “Centennial Demonstration Project”) with a non-profit health care entity (referred to in this section as the “partner”) to permit employees of the Department of Defense and of the partner to jointly staff and provide heath care services to military personnel and civilians at a Department of Defense military treatment facility.
(2) Term of the project.--The Secretary shall carry out the Centennial Demonstration Project for a 5-year period.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Centennial Demonstration Project shall be to evaluate whether jointly staffing a Department of Defense military treatment facility with employees of the Department of Defense and of the partner--
(1) improves the quality of care provided to military personnel through the use of supplemental civilian medical resources that are not otherwise available at the military treatment facility;
(2) enhances the economical use of the military treatment facility by permitting excess capacity within the facility to be used by civilian medical personnel for civilian care; and
(3) provides military medical personnel additional training opportunities involving the care of civilians at the military treatment facility.
(c) Limitation on Services to Civilians by Military Personnel.--The Secretary of Defense may not permit any civilian to receive medical services provided by military medical personnel under the Centennial Demonstration Project unless the Secretary submits to the Armed Services Committee of the Senate and the Armed Service Committee of the House of Representatives a report that includes descriptions of--
(1) the services to be provided by the military medical personnel to civilians under such Project;
(2) any benefits associated with providing such services that enhance the readiness and proficiency of the military personnel participating in such Program; and
(3) the mechanisms for recovering the costs associated with the provision of such services.
(d) Financial Arrangements.--The Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into appropriate financial arrangements with the partner to ensure that the Department of Defense is compensated for any care provided to civilians under the Centennial Demonstration Project. The Secretary of Defense shall determine the terms of such arrangements after evaluating--
(1) the value of the services to be provided by the partner under such Project; and
(2) the value of the use of military treatment facility by the partner during such Project.
(e) Liability.--Nothing in this section may be construed to modify any law regarding the liability of civilian or military medical personnel for medical services rendered to either civilian or military personnel.
(f) Reports.--
(1) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense and the appropriate representative of the partner shall jointly prepare and submit to Congress 2 reports on the Centennial Demonstration Project and its impact on the military treatment facility where such Project is implemented.
(2) Schedule.--
(A) First report.--The first report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) Second report.--The second report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 4, 2005