S.Amdt. 2769

SA 2769. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2029, making appropriations for military
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available under section
231 for ``Medical Support and Compliance'' for the VistA
Evolution and electronic health record interoperability
projects may be obligated until the Department of Veterans
Affairs has implemented all recommendations included in the
report by the Comptroller General of the United States (GAO-
16-184T) regarding the establishment of a time frame for
identifying outcome-oriented metrics and defining goals to
provide a basis for assessing and reporting on the status of
an interoperable electronic health record between the
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.

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