[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8106]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4592. Mr. BLUNT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe 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 A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 704. IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED PRODUCT FOR MANAGEMENT 
                   OF POPULATION HEALTH ACROSS MILITARY HEALTH 
                   SYSTEM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop and 
     implement an integrated product for the management of 
     population health across the military health system, which 
     shall be designed--
       (1) to serve as a repository for the health care, 
     demographic, and other relevant data of all covered 
     beneficiaries, including with respect to data on health care 
     services furnished to such beneficiaries through the 
     purchased care and direct care components of the TRICARE 
     program;
       (2) to be compatible with the electronic health record 
     system maintained by the Secretary of Defense for members of 
     the Armed Forces;
       (3) to enable the coordinated case management of covered 
     beneficiaries with respect to health care services furnished 
     to such beneficiaries at military medical treatment 
     facilities and at private sector facilities through health 
     care providers contracted by the Department of Defense;
       (4) to enable the collection and stratification of data 
     from multiple sources to measure population health goals, 
     facilitate disease management programs of the Department, 
     improve patient education, and integrate wellness services 
     across the military health system; and
       (5) to enable predictive modeling to improve health 
     outcomes for patients and to facilitate the identification 
     and correction of medical errors in the treatment of 
     patients, issues regarding the quality of health care 
     services provided, and gaps in health care coverage.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered beneficiary; tricare program.--The terms 
     ``covered beneficiary'' and ``TRICARE program'' have the 
     meanings given such terms in section 1072 of title 10, United 
     States Code.
       (2) Integrated product.--The term ``integrated product'' 
     means an electronic system of systems (or solutions or 
     products) that provides for the integration and sharing of 
     data to meet the needs of an end user in a timely and cost 
     effective manner.
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