Sec. 706. Enhancement of recordkeeping and postdeployment medical assessment requirements related to occupational and environmental hazard exposure during deployment
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Subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 1074f of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new clause: accurately record any exposure to occupational and environmental health risks during the course of their deployment. . Subsection
(c)of such section is amended by inserting after deployment area the following: (including the results of any assessment performed by the Secretary of occupational and environmental health risks for such area) . The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act— the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the electronic health record maintained by such Secretary of a member of the Armed Forces registered with the burn pit registry is updated with any information contained in such registry; and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the electronic health record maintained by such Secretary of a veteran registered with the burn pit registry is updated with any information contained in such registry. In this subsection, the term burn pit registry means the registry established under section 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Improvements Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–260 ; 38 U.S.C. 527 note). Section 1074f of title 10, United States Code is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary of Defense shall— standardize and make available to a provider that conducts a postdeployment medical examination or reassessment under the system described in subsection
(a)questions relating to occupational and environmental health exposure; and prior to an examination or reassessment of a member of the armed forces, require such provider to review information applicable to such member— in a Periodic Occupational and Environmental Monitoring Summary (or any successor document); and on the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System (or any successor system). The Secretary shall ensure that the medical record of a member includes information on the external cause relating to a diagnosis of the member, including by associating an external cause code (as issued under the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (or any successor revision)). . The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report containing an evaluation of the implementation of this section (and the amendments made by this section), including an assessment of the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Veterans Affairs are in compliance with the applicable requirements of this section (and the amendments made by this section).
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Sec. 706
Enhancement of recordkeeping and postdeployment medical assessment requirements related to occupational and environmental hazard exposure during deployment
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-260
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