[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 608 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 608

To terminate the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the 
                    Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2023

Mr. Rosendale (for himself and Mr. Bost) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To terminate the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the 
                    Department of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD MODERNIZATION 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not carry 
out the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program.
    (b) Implementation of Termination.--Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall carry out the following activities:
            (1) Abolish the Electronic Health Record Modernization 
        Integration Office.
            (2) Transfer any activities or functions carried out under 
        such office that are not terminated pursuant to this section to 
        the Veterans Health Administration or the Office of Information 
        and Technology of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (3) With respect to each facility of the Veterans Health 
        Administration that uses the electronic health record system 
        implemented pursuant to the Electronic Health Record 
        Modernization Program, revert the facility to instead use the 
        Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture 
        and the Computerized Patient Record System of the Department.
    (c) No Expansion During Implementation of Termination.--During the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
the date on which the Secretary carries out subsection (b), the 
Secretary may not carry out any activities to implement the electronic 
health record system implemented pursuant to the Electronic Health 
Record Modernization Program at a facility of the Veterans Health 
Administration where such system is not being used as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Contracts.--
            (1) Options.--The Secretary may not exercise any option 
        periods or optional tasks under any contract under the 
        Electronic Health Record Modernization Program.
            (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
        construed to require the Secretary to terminate any contract, 
        task order, modification, or other similar instrument, under 
        the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program before the 
        expiration of the period of performance of such contract, task 
        order, modification, or other similar instrument.
    (e) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Oversight of electronic health record modernization 
        program.--Section 503 of the Veterans Benefits and Transition 
        Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-407; 38 U.S.C. 5701 note prec.) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Department of defense-department of veterans affairs 
        interagency program office.--Section 1635(c) of the Wounded 
        Warrior Act (title XVI of Public Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 
        note) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and the Deputy 
                Secretary of Veterans Affairs'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``, with the 
                                concurrence of the Secretary of 
                                Veterans Affairs,''; and
                                    (II) by striking the second 
                                sentence; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``Secretary of 
                                Veterans Affairs, with the concurrence 
                                of the''; and
                                    (II) by striking the second 
                                sentence; and
                    (C) by striking ``and the Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs shall jointly'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``shall''.
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