S.Amdt. 1934

SA 1934. Mr. WARNER 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 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe

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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 SHARING OF PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE AMONG
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(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 submit to
Congress a report on the use and efficacy of memoranda of
understanding entered into between the Department of Defense
and the Department of Veterans Affairs that allow for the
sharing of physicians between each such Department.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) Information on--
(A) the location of each physician shared by the Department
of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including
the name of the facility or facilities at which the physician
works;
(B) the specialty, if any, of each physician described in
subparagraph (A); and
(C) the purpose, if any, stated by the Department of
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for sharing
each physician described in subparagraph (A).
(2) The total number of physicians shared by the Department
of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs,
disaggregated by Department.
(3) A description of the administrative actions required to
be taken by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to ensure the sharing of scheduling records
and medical records between the Department of Defense and the
Department of Veterans Affairs for physicians shared between
each such Department.
(4) The impact of sharing physicians on wait times and
patient loads at each medical facility of the Department of
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(5) An assessment of the policies of the Department of
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs that hinder
the sharing of physicians between each such Department.
(6) An identification of any excess capacity among
physicians of the Department of Defense or the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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