To require a report on the interoperability between electronic health records systems of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SA 1510. Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Casey) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr.
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016

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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 C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 738. REPORT ON INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN ELECTRONIC
HEALTH RECORDS SYSTEMS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report
that sets forth a timeline with milestones for achieving
interoperability between the electronic health records
systems of the Department of Defense and the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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