[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4396]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2148. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 appropriate place in title VII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 7__. IDENTIFICATION IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS OF 
                   AFFILIATION OF CERTAIN NON-DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 1091 the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 1091a. Identification in patient medical records of 
       affiliation of certain non-Department of Defense health 
       care providers

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
     that medical records of the Department of Defense include the 
     organizational affiliation of any covered health care 
     provider identified in such medical records.
       ``(b) Covered Health Care Provider Defined.--In this 
     section, the term `covered health care provider' means a 
     health care provider who is not--
       ``(1) a member of the uniformed services;
       ``(2) an employee of the Department of Defense;
       ``(3) an employee of another agency of the Federal 
     Government detailed to the Department of Defense;
       ``(4) a personal services contractor under section 1091 of 
     this title; or
       ``(5) a volunteer under section 1588 of this title.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 1091 the following new item:

``1091a. Identification in patient medical records of affiliation of 
              certain non-Department of Defense health care 
              providers.''.
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