Sec. 736. Comptroller General of the United States report on Military Health System Modernization Study of the Department of Defense
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the Military Health System Modernization Study of the Department of Defense. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following with respect to the Military Health System Modernization Study: An assessment of the methodology used by the Secretary of Defense to conduct the study. An assessment of the analysis made by the Secretary to inform decisions regarding the modernization of the military health system in the study. An assessment of the extent to which the Secretary evaluated in the study the impact on the access of eligible beneficiaries to quality health care, and satisfaction with such care, of the following changes in the study in military medical treatment facilities: Changes in facility infrastructure. Changes in staffing levels of professionals. Changes in inpatient, ambulatory surgery, and specialty care capacity and capabilities. An assessment of the extent to which the Secretary evaluated in the study how any reduced inpatient, ambulatory surgery, or specialty care capacity and capabilities at military medical facilities covered by the study would impact timely access to care for eligible beneficiaries at local civilian community hospitals within reasonable driving distances of the catchment areas of such facilities. An assessment of the extent to which the Secretary consulted in conducting the study with community hospitals in locations covered by the study to determine their capacities for additional inpatient and ambulatory surgery patients and their capabilities to meet additional demands for specialty care services. An assessment of the extent to which the Secretary considered in the study the impact the change in the structure or alignment of military medical treatment facilities covered by the study would have on timely access by local civilian populations to inpatient, ambulatory surgery, or specialty care services if additional eligible beneficiaries also sought access to such services from the same providers. An assessment of the impact of the elimination of health care services at military medical treatment facilities covered by the study on civilians employed at such facilities. In this section, the term eligible beneficiaries means individuals who are eligible for health care and services through the military health care system.