US Congress Senate Bill 1296 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on July 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-10-30 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Servicemember's Electronic Health Records Act of 2013 - Amends the Wounded Warrior Act to require the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, in implementing electronic health record systems that provide for the full interoperability of personal health care information between the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to ensure that: (1) a health data authoritative source that can be accessed by multiple providers and that standardizes the input of new medical information is created by the Departments within 180 days, (2) the ability of patients of both Departments to download their medical records is achieved within 180 days, (3) full interoperability of personal health care information between the Departments is achieved within one year, (4) acceleration of the exchange of real-time data between the Departments is achieved within one year, (5) the upgrade of the graphical user interface to display a joint common graphical user interface is achieved within one year, and (6) current members of the Armed Forces and their dependents may elect to receive an electronic copy of their health care records beginning not later than June 30, 2015. Requires the Secretaries to assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing a secure, remote, network-accessible computer storage system (commonly referred to as cloud storage) to: (1) provide members of the Armed Forces and veterans the ability to upload their health care records, and (2) allow DOD and VA medical providers of the Departments to access such records.

Servicemember's Electronic Health Records Act of 2013

Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-10-30	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
2013-07-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2013-07-15	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5688)

HB2590 (Related) 2013-08-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HB4234 (Related) 2014-03-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB2182 (Related) 2014-03-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB5048 (Related) 2014-07-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1296/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1296/BILLS-113s1296is.pdf