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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6015. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Ms. Rosen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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__. INTEROPERABLE CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING SYSTEM
OR SYSTEMS FOR MEDICAL PROVIDERS OF DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Report.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the
Domestic Policy Council, shall jointly submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the medical
provider credentialing and privileging systems in use by the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(2) Elements.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include each of the following:
(A) A description of the scope and scale of the medical
provider credentialing and privileging systems in use by the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(B) A description of the type of data stored on each
system.
(C) A description of the portability of provider
credentialing and privileging information under each system.
(D) A description of the interoperability between provider
credentialing systems.
(E) A description of the risk management system, adverse
actions, cross-agency stewardship responsibilities,
auditability, and governance of each system.
(F) A description of the limitations and gaps in the
interoperability, implementation, and administration of each
system.
(G) Recommendations for scaling each system and addressing
gaps in the interoperability and administration of each
system, or using a new system, with the goal of achieving an
interoperable system or systems to be used by both the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) Selection.—Not later than January 1, 2027, the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
in consultation with the Domestic Policy Council, shall
jointly consider appropriate systems in use or not in use by
the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans
Affairs to serve as an interoperable credentialing and
privileging system or systems for both the Department of
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(c) Capability of Systems.—The Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the
credentialing and privileging system or systems selected
under subsection (b) have the capability to import and share
provider credentialing and privileging information, including
governance information, audit information, data stewardship
information necessary to support privileging decisions, and
any other necessary information related thereto.
(d) Certification of Implementation.—
(1) Credentialing systems.—Not later than January 1, 2028,
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a written certification that the interoperable
credentialing system or systems selected under subsection (b)
have been implemented and are operational.
(2) Privileging systems.—Not later than January 1, 2029,
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a written certification that the interoperable
privileging system or systems selected under subsection (b)
have been implemented and are operational.
(e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.—In this
section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress”
means—
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.