[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1128 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1128

To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide medical personnel of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs with access to information provided in 
the joint patient tracking application for the treatment of individuals 
    at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
    injuries sustained while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom or 
                      Operation Enduring Freedom.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2007

  Mr. McDermott (for himself and Mr. Filner) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide medical personnel of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs with access to information provided in 
the joint patient tracking application for the treatment of individuals 
    at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
    injuries sustained while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom or 
                      Operation Enduring Freedom.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN JOINT PATIENT TRACKING APPLICATION 
              FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    The Secretary of Defense shall provide medical personnel of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs with access to all information provided 
in the patient tracking and management tool known as the ``joint 
patient tracking application'' pertaining to an individual for the 
purpose of treating the individual at a medical facility of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for injuries sustained by the individual 
while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
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