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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2943 (PAP) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 732

Sec. 732. Standardized system for scheduling medical appointments at military treatment facilities

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Not later than January 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall implement a system for scheduling medical appointments at military treatment facilities that is standardized throughout the military health system to enable timely access to care for covered beneficiaries. The system implemented under paragraph
(1)shall ensure that the appointment scheduling processes and procedures used within the military health system do not vary among military treatment facilities. Upon implementation of the system under subsection (a), no military treatment facility may use an appointment scheduling process other than such system. Under the system implemented under subsection (a), each military treatment facility shall make a centralized appointment scheduling process available to covered beneficiaries that includes the ability to schedule appointments manually via telephone or automatically via a device that is connected to the Internet through an online scheduling system described in paragraph (2). The Secretary shall implement an online scheduling system that is available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, for purposes of scheduling appointments under the system implemented under subsection (a). The online scheduling system implemented under subparagraph
(A)shall have the following capabilities: An ability to send automated email and text message reminders, including repeat reminders, to patients regarding upcoming appointments. An ability to store appointment records to ensure rapid access by medical personnel to appointment data. Not later than January 1, 2017, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a comprehensive plan to implement the system required under subsection (a). The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A description of the manual appointment process to be used at military treatment facilities under the system required under subsection (a). A description of the automated appointment process to be used at military treatment facilities under such system. A timeline for the full implementation of such system throughout the military health system. In this section, the term covered beneficiary has the meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
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