[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9865 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9865

  To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report and establish 
 standards on the timeliness of providing electronic health records to 
members of the Armed Forces separating from active duty, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2026

Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Bergman, and Mrs. Dingell) 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 submit a report and establish 
 standards on the timeliness of providing electronic health records to 
members of the Armed Forces separating from active duty, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Timely Electronic Health Record 
Transfers for Transitioning Servicemembers Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REPORT AND STANDARDS ON TIMELINESS OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS 
              DURING TRANSITION FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Report.--
            (1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
        submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
        timeliness of providing members of the Armed Forces who are 
        separating from active duty with a copy of the electronic 
        health records of the members.
            (2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include 
        the following, with respect to the 1-year period preceding the 
        date of the report:
                    (A) The average number of days following separation 
                from active duty for a member to receive the electronic 
                health records of the member.
                    (B) The most number of days a member has waited to 
                receive such records.
                    (C) An explanation for delays in providing members 
                such records.
    (b) Standards.--Not later than 270 days after the date on which the 
Secretary submits the report under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary 
shall establish standards to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces 
who is separating from active duty receives the electronic health 
records of the member within a reasonable period.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United 
        States Code.
            (2) The term ``reasonable period'', with respect to the 
        standards established under subsection (b), means a period that 
        the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate after taking 
        into account--
                    (A) the findings of the report under subsection 
                (a)(1); and
                    (B) the views of members of the Armed Forces who 
                are separating from active duty, veterans, and other 
                individuals the Secretary determines appropriate.
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