[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3958-S3959]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1934. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe

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military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 738. REPORT ON SHARING OF PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE AMONG 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to 
     Congress a report on the use and efficacy of memoranda of 
     understanding entered into between the Department of Defense 
     and the Department of Veterans Affairs that allow for the 
     sharing of physicians between each such Department.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) Information on--
       (A) the location of each physician shared by the Department 
     of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including 
     the name of the facility or facilities at which the physician 
     works;
       (B) the specialty, if any, of each physician described in 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (C) the purpose, if any, stated by the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for sharing 
     each physician described in subparagraph (A).
       (2) The total number of physicians shared by the Department 
     of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     disaggregated by Department.
       (3) A description of the administrative actions required to 
     be taken by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to ensure the sharing of scheduling records 
     and medical records between the Department of Defense and the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for physicians shared between 
     each such Department.
       (4) The impact of sharing physicians on wait times and 
     patient loads at each medical facility of the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
       (5) An assessment of the policies of the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs that hinder 
     the sharing of physicians between each such Department.
       (6) An identification of any excess capacity among 
     physicians of the Department of Defense or the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs.
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