S.Amdt. 2132
What it does: Adds SEC. 713. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO CARE AND TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH UROTRAUMA at the end of subtitle B of title VII
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 713. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO CARE AND TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH UROTRAUMA at the end of subtitle B of title VII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(B) allow medical providers of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to access such records in the course of providing care to members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
Inserted: SEC. 713. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO CARE AND TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH UROTRAUMA.
Inserted: (a) Comprehensive Policy Required.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2014, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly develop and implement a comprehensive policy on improvements to the care, management, and transition of recovering members of the Armed Forces with urotrauma.
Inserted: (2) Scope of policy.--The policy shall cover each of the following:
Inserted: (A) The care and management of the specific needs of members of the Armed Forces who are urotrauma patients, including eligibility for the Recovery Care Coordinator Program pursuant to the Wounded Warrior Act (10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
Inserted: (B) The return to active duty of members of the Armed Forces who have recovered from urotrauma, when appropriate.
Inserted: (C) The transition of recovering members of the Armed Forces from receipt of care and services for urotrauma through the Department of Defense to receipt of care and services for urotrauma through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Inserted: (3) Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop the policy in consultation with the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government, with representatives of military service organizations representing the interests of members of the Armed Froces who are urotrauma patients, and with appropriate nongovernmental organizations having an expertise in matters relating to the policy.
Inserted: (b) Report.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report that includes a review identifying options for responding to gaps in the care of members of the Armed Forces who are urotrauma patients.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2132. Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Blunt) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 713. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO CARE AND TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH UROTRAUMA.
(a) Comprehensive Policy Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2014, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly develop and implement a comprehensive policy on improvements to the care, management, and transition of recovering members of the Armed Forces with urotrauma.
(2) Scope of policy.--The policy shall cover each of the following:
(A) The care and management of the specific needs of members of the Armed Forces who are urotrauma patients, including eligibility for the Recovery Care Coordinator Program pursuant to the Wounded Warrior Act (10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
(B) The return to active duty of members of the Armed Forces who have recovered from urotrauma, when appropriate.
(C) The transition of recovering members of the Armed Forces from receipt of care and services for urotrauma through the Department of Defense to receipt of care and services for urotrauma through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(3) Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop the policy in consultation with the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government, with representatives of military service organizations representing the interests of members of the Armed Froces who are urotrauma patients, and with appropriate nongovernmental organizations having an expertise in matters relating to the policy.
(b) Report.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report that includes a review identifying options for responding to gaps in the care of members of the Armed Forces who are urotrauma patients.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 18, 2013