To require a Department of Defense Inspector General report on theft of computer tapes containing protected information on covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program.

1. Adds SEC. 705. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON THEFT OF COMPUTER TAPES CONTAINING PROTECTED INFORMATION ON COVERED BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM at the end of subtitle A of title VII

   Adds a section

   In S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (b) Frequency of Submittal of GAO Reviews.--Subsection (b)(2) of such section is amended by striking "bi-annual basis" and inserting "biennial basis".

   Inserted: SEC. 705. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON THEFT OF COMPUTER TAPES CONTAINING PROTECTED INFORMATION ON COVERED BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM.

   Inserted: The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the circumstances surrounding the theft of computer tapes containing personally identifiable and protected health information of approximately 4,900,000 covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program from the vehicle of a contractor under the TRICARE program. The report shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) An assessment of the risk that the personally identifiable and protected health information so stolen can be accessed by a third party.

   Inserted: (2) Such recommendations as the Inspector General considers appropriate to reduce the risk of similar incidents in the future.

   Original wording

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

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