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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6466
To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a report on the implementation
and application of the Integrated Disability Evaluation System.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 7, 2020
Mr. MAST (for himself and Ms. GABBARD) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a report on
the implementation and application of the Integrated
Disability Evaluation System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Integrated Disability
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Evaluation System Accountability Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION
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SYSTEM.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the
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date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
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shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of a
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study, conducted by the Secretary for the purposes of the
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report, of the implementation and application of the Inte-
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grated Disability Evaluation System.
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(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
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section (a) shall include the following:
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(1) All changes to policies and procedures appli-
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cable to the implementation of the Integrated Dis-
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ability Evaluation System from the previous dis-
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ability evaluation system.
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(2) The extent to which the Integrated Dis-
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ability Evaluation System is the primary means of
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processing members of the Armed Forces through
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the disability evaluation system process.
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(3) The extent to which the military depart-
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ments and the Defense Health Agency coordinate—
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(A) treatment of members of the Armed
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Forces;
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(B) referrals of members of the Armed
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Forces to a medical evaluation board;
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(C) appointing a convening authority and
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staffing a medical evaluation board;
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(D) the sharing of medical documentation
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with a medical evaluation board;
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(E) evaluations of members of the Armed
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Forces for initial or subsequent limited duty
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status; and
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(F) a medical evaluation board referral to
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a physical evaluation board.
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(4) The process for members of the Armed
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Forces to request an impartial medical review or
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rebut medical evaluation board findings.
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(5) The criteria a medical evaluation board con-
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vening authority applies when considering such re-
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quests under paragraph (4).
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(6) The average time to process Integrated Dis-
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ability Evaluation System cases by both phase and
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stage (as defined in Department of Defense Manual
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1332.18) for both the active component and reserve
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component.
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