S.Amdt. 797

SA 797. Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr.
Wicker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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. __. ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS SYSTEM FOR THE COAST
GUARD.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the department in which
the Coast Guard operating is authorized to procure an
electronic health records system for the Coast Guard that is
the same as the electronic health records system of the
Department of Defense.
(b) Competition in Contracting.--Procurement of an
electronic health records system under this section shall be
exempt from the competition requirements of section 2304 of
title 10, United States Code.
(c) Authorized Procurement Actions.--The authority of the
Secretary to procure an action to procure an electronic
health records system under this section includes the
following:
(1) Authority for task orders under the Department of
Defense electronic health records contract.
(2) Authority for a sole source contract award.
(3) Authority for agreements made pursuant to sections 1535
and 1536 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as
the ``Economy Act'').
(4) Any other procurement authority the Secretary considers
appropriate.
(d) Support Services.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may procure, in addition to
the electronic health records system, such support services
for the system as the Secretary considers appropriate to
ensure the electronic health records system is fully
interoperable and integrated with the electronic health
records system of the Department of Defense.
(2) Support service.--Support services procurable pursuant
to this subsection may include services for the following:
(A) System integration support.
(B) Hosting support.
(C) Training, testing, technical, and data migration
support.
(D) Hardware.
(E) Any other support the Secretary considers appropriate.
(3) Manner of procurement.--The Secretary may procure
support services pursuant to this subsection using the
authorities provided in subsection (c).
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