I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8571 To direct the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to update the electronic health records of the respective departments to include infor- mation regarding the deployments of members of the Armed Forces. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 9, 2020 Mr. ROSE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to update the electronic health records of the respective departments to include information regarding the deploy- ments of members of the Armed Forces. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA/DoD Deployment 4 Interoperability Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:05 Oct 31, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8571.IH H8571 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8571 IH SEC. 2. INFORMATION REGARDING DEPLOYMENTS IN THE 1 INTEROPERABLE ELECTRONIC HEALTH 2 RECORD SYSTEMS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF 3 DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS. 4 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact- 5 ment of this Act, the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans 6 Affairs shall update the interoperable electronic health 7 record systems of the respective departments (developed 8 under section 1635 of the National Defense Authorization 9 Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 10 1071 note)) to include the following information: 11 (1) Whether the member of the Armed Forces 12 or veteran was deployed outside the United States. 13 (2) The number of deployments described in 14 paragraph (1). 15 (3) The length of each deployment described in 16 paragraph (1). 17 (4) Whether the member or veteran served in a 18 theater of combat operations. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:05 Oct 31, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8571.IH H8571 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS