[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4683 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4683

To establish a process for the testing and evaluation of the Electronic 
   Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans 
   Affairs by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the 
                         Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2021

  Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Armed Services, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a process for the testing and evaluation of the Electronic 
   Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans 
   Affairs by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the 
                         Department of Defense.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Electronic Health Record Testing Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. TESTING AND EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 
              MODERNIZATION PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--The OTE Director shall test and evaluate the 
Electronic Health Record Modernization Program--
            (1) at the request of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 
        and
            (2) not less frequently than the interval at which the OTE 
        Director tests or evaluates the Defense Healthcare Management 
        System Modernization Program of the Department of Defense.
    (b) Information Exchange.--The FEHRM Director shall facilitate the 
exchange of information between the OTE Director and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for the purposes of carrying out subsection (a).
    (c) Reporting.--Not later than 30 days after completing a test or 
evaluation of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program, the 
FEHRM Director shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of 
the Senate and House of Representatives and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs the test or evaluation report.
    (d) Reimbursement.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
reimburse the Secretary of Defense for costs necessary to perform such 
tests and evaluations by the OTE Director.
    (e) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``Electronic Health Record Modernization 
        Program'' has the meaning given that term in section 503 of the 
        Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
        407; 38 U.S.C. note prec. 5701).
            (2) The term ``FEHRM Director'' means the Director of the 
        Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Office appointed 
        under section 1635(c) of the Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI of 
        Public Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
            (3) The term ``OTE Director'' means the Director of 
        Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense.
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