1. Short Title
This Act may be cited as the “VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability Act”.
VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability Act
A BILL
To direct the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to update the electronic health records of the respective departments to include information regarding the deployments of members of the Armed Forces.
2. Information regarding deployments in the interoperable electronic health record systems of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs shall update the interoperable electronic health record systems of the respective departments (developed under section 1635 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note)) to include the following information:
Whether the member of the Armed Forces or veteran was deployed outside the United States.
The number of deployments described in paragraph (1).
The length of each deployment described in paragraph (1).
Whether the member or veteran served in a theater of combat operations.