Sec. 712. Support by military health system of medical requirements of combatant commands
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Section 712 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: The Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the Secretaries of the military departments, the Defense Health Agency, and the Joint Staff, implement an organizational framework of the military health system that effectively implements chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to maximize the readiness of the medical force, promote interoperability, and integrate medical capabilities of the Armed Forces in order to enhance joint military medical operations in support of requirements of the combatant commands. ; in subsection (e), by redesignating paragraphs
(2)and
(3)as paragraphs
(3)and (4), respectively, and by moving such paragraphs so as to appear at the end of subsection (d); by striking subsection (e), as amended by paragraph
(2)of this subsection; by redesignating subsections
(b)through
(d)as subsections
(c)through (e), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(a)the following new subsection (b): The Surgeons General of the Armed Forces shall have the following duties: To ensure the readiness for operational deployment of medical and dental personnel and deployable medical or dental teams or units of the Armed Force or Armed Forces concerned. To meet medical readiness standards, subject to standards and metrics established by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. With respect to uniformed medical and dental personnel of the military department concerned— to assign such personnel to military medical treatment facilities, under the operational control of the commander or director of the facility, or to partnerships with civilian or other medical facilities for training activities specific to such military department; and to maintain readiness of such personnel for operational deployment. To provide logistical support for operational deployment of medical and dental personnel and deployable medical or dental teams or units of the Armed Force or Armed Forces concerned. To oversee mobilization and demobilization in connection with the operational deployment of medical and dental personnel of the Armed Force or Armed Forces concerned. To develop operational medical capabilities required to support the warfighter, and to develop policy relating to such capabilities. To provide health professionals to serve in leadership positions across the military healthcare system. To deliver operational clinical services under the operational control of the combatant commands— on ships and planes; and on installations outside of military medical treatment facilities. To manage privileging, scope of practice, and quality of health care in the settings described in paragraph (8). ; in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph
(4)of this subsection— in the subsection heading, by inserting before Agency ; and regions in paragraph (1)— in the paragraph heading, by inserting before Agency ; and regions by striking defense health and inserting Defense Health Agency ; in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph
(4)of this subsection— in the subsection heading, by inserting before Agency ; regions in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking defense health and inserting Defense Health Agency ; and in paragraph (3), by striking subsection
(b)and inserting subsection
(c); and in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph
(4)of this subsection— in paragraph (2)— by amending subparagraph
(A)to read as follows: The Secretaries of the military departments shall coordinate with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Health Agency to direct resources allocated to the military departments to support requirements related to readiness and operational medicine support that are established by the combatant commands and validated by the Joint Staff. ; and in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking Based on and all that follows through shall— and inserting The Director of the Defense Health Agency, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, shall— ; in paragraph (3), as moved and redesignated by paragraph
(2)of this subsection, in the second sentence— by inserting primarily before through ; and by inserting , in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, after the Defense Health Agency ; and by adding at the end the following: Each Secretary of a military department shall exercise administrative control of members of the Armed Forces assigned to military medical treatment facilities, including personnel assignment and issuance of military orders. In situations in which members of the Armed Forces provide health care services at a military medical treatment facility, the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall maintain oversight for the provision of care delivered by those individuals through policies, procedures, and privileging responsibilities of the military medical treatment facility. . The heading for section 712 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ) is amended to read as follows: . The table of contents for such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 712 and inserting the following new item: Sec. 712. Support by military healthcare system of medical requirements of combatant commands. .
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