Sec. 713. Improvements to leadership of interagency program office of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs
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(c)of section 1635 of the Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI of Public Law 110–181 ; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended to read as follows: The Director of the Office shall be the head of the Office. The Deputy Director of the Office shall be the deputy head of the Office and shall assist the Director in carrying out the duties of the Director. The Director shall report to the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee established by section 320 of title 38, United States Code. The Director shall be jointly appointed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense for a five-year term. The Director may be reappointed for one or more additional terms. The Deputy Director shall be jointly appointed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense for a five-year term. The Deputy Director may be reappointed for one or more additional terms. The Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee shall provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense with advice regarding potential individuals to be appointed Director and Deputy Director under subparagraphs
(A)and (B), respectively. The Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee shall develop qualification requirements for the office of the Director and the Deputy Director. Such requirements shall ensure that, at a minimum, the Director and Deputy Director, individually or together, meet the following qualifications: Significant experience as a clinician, at the level of chief medical officer or equivalent. Significant experience in health informatics, at the level of chief health informatics officer or equivalent. Significant experience leading implementation of enterprise-wide technology in a health care setting in the public or private sector. In addition to providing direction, supervision, and control of the Office pursuant to paragraph (3), the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee shall— provide guidance in the discharge of the functions of the Office under this section; and facilitate the establishment of a charter and mission statement for the Office. Upon request by any of the appropriate committees of Congress, the Director and the Deputy Director shall testify before such committee, or provide a briefing or otherwise provide requested information to such committee, regarding the discharge of the functions of the Office under this section. .
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Sec. 713
Improvements to leadership of interagency program office of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-181
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