S.Amdt. 1466

SA 1466. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 submitted by Mr. McCAIN and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016
for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military
construction, 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. 721. ESTABLISHMENT OF STRATEGIC UNIFORM DRUG FORMULARY
FOR THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDERGOING
SEPARATION FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly make available to
individuals undergoing the transition from the receipt of
health care services through the Department of Defense to the
receipt of such services through the Department of Veterans
Affairs certain drugs, particularly pain and psychiatric
drugs, that are critical to the Department of Defense and the
Department of Veterans Affairs for the appropriate and
effective provision of health care services to such
individuals.
(b) Strategic Uniform Formulary.--In carrying out
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall jointly establish, and periodically
update, a strategic uniform formulary for the Department of
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs that includes
certain drugs, particularly pain and psychiatric drugs, that
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs jointly determine are critical to the Department of
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for the
appropriate and effective provision of health care services
to individuals described in such subsection.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
establishment of the strategic uniform formulary under
subsection (b).
(2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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