To require a study to identify the improvements to the information technology infrastructure of the Department of Veterans Affairs that are required to furnish health care services to veterans using telehealth platforms.

SA 2777. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2730 proposed by Mr. Johnson (for himself and Mrs.
Hutchison) to the bill H.R. 3082, making appropriations for military
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 52, after line 21, add the following:
Sec. 229. (a) Study on Improvements to Information
Technology Infrastructure Needed To Furnish Health Care
Services to Veterans Using Telehealth Platforms.--The
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a study to
identify the improvements to the infrastructure of the
Department of Veterans Affairs that are required to furnish
health care services to veterans using telehealth platforms.
(b) Availability of Funds.--The amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available by this title under the headings
``Departmental Administration'' and ``information technology
systems'' shall be available to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to carry out the study required by subsection (a).
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