3.0.0 1044 2023-01-11T19:47:42Z 2023-01-11T19:47:42Z Senate S S 2007-03-29 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-29T18:26:15Z 2007-03-29 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4178-4179) IntroReferral 2007-03-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4177-4178) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Afghanistan Armed forces reserves Brain Building construction Case management Commemorations Competitive bidding Congress Congress and military policy Congressional investigations Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Defense budgets Department of Defense Disability evaluation Disabled District of Columbia Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Employee training Families Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Governmental investigations Head injuries Health Health information systems Housing and Community Development Iraq Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Long-term care Maryland Medical records Medical screening Medical tests Middle East and North Africa Military base closures Military dependents Military discharges Military hospitals Military housing Military medals, decorations, etc. Military medicine Military operations Military pensions Military personnel National Guard Photography Post-traumatic stress disorder Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications South Asia Trauma care Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' medical care Virginia War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-17T19:22:38Z Effective Care for the Armed Forces and Veterans Act of 2007 - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, during a period of a U.S. major military conflict, from: (1) subjecting work performed by an employee of a Department of Defense (DOD) medical facility or an employee of a private contractor of such facility to public-private competition; or (2) converting such employee or the work performed to private contractor performance. Allows an exception to prevent a negative impact on the provision of services.

Requires a study by the Comptroller General on competitive outsourcing activities at DOD medical facilities.

Provides: (1) a minimum budget for DOD medical services during periods of major military conflicts; and (2) a limitation on the implementation of a recommendation for the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) assign at least one case manager for every 20 recovering servicemembers; (2) screen every servicemember returning from deployment in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom for traumatic brain injury (requiring two related studies); and (3) require DOD medical records management systems to communicate with such systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assess the VA's ability to meet the long-term care needs of veterans over the next 50 years.

]]> Effective Care for the Armed Forces and Veterans Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the medical care of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Effective Care for the Armed Forces and Veterans Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Effective Care for the Armed Forces and Veterans Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1044is/xml/BILLS-110s1044is.xml 2007-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4178-4179) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.