Sec. 709. Independent analysis of quality and patient safety review process under direct care component of TRICARE program
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The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (in this section referred to as the National Academies ) for the National Academies to carry out the activities described in subsections
(b)and (c). The Secretary shall seek to enter into the agreement described in paragraph
(1)not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Under an agreement between the Secretary and the National Academies entered into pursuant to subsection (a), the National Academies shall conduct an analysis of the quality and patient safety review process for health care provided under the direct care component of the TRICARE program and develop recommendations for the Secretary based on such analysis. The analysis conducted and recommendations developed under paragraph
(1)shall include, with respect to the direct care component, the following: An assessment of the procedures under such component regarding credentialing and privileging for health care providers (and an assessment of compliance with such procedures). An assessment of the processes under such component for quality assurance, standard of care, and incident review (and an assessment of compliance with such processes). An assessment of the accountability processes under such component for health care providers who are found to have not met a required standard of care. Notwithstanding section 1102 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary shall provide the National Academies with access to such records of the Department of Defense as the Secretary may determine necessary for purposes of the National Academies conducting the analysis and developing the recommendations under paragraph (1). In conducting the analysis and developing the recommendations under paragraph (1), the National Academies— shall maintain any personally identifiable information in records accessed by the National Academies pursuant to subparagraph
(A)in accordance with applicable laws, protections, and best practices regarding the privacy of information; and may not permit access to such information by any individual or entity not engaged in conducting such analysis or developing such recommendations. Under an agreement entered into between the Secretary and the National Academies under subsection (a), the National Academies, not later than one year after the date of the execution of the agreement, shall— submit to the congressional defense committees and (with respect to any findings concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the findings of the National Academies with respect to the analysis conducted and recommendations developed under subsection (b); and make such report available on a public website in unclassified form. In this section, the term TRICARE program has the meaning given such term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.