Sec. 1674. GUARANTEED FUNDING FOR WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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## SEC. 1674 GUARANTEED FUNDING FOR WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ###
(a)Minimum Funding The amount of funds available for the commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia, for a fiscal year shall be not less than the amount expended by the commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in fiscal year 2006 until the first fiscal year beginning after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a plan for the provision of health care for military beneficiaries and their dependents in the National Capital Region. ###
(b)Matters Covered The plan under subsection
(a)shall at a minimum include— ####
(1)the manner in which patients, staff, bed capacity, and functions will move from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to expanded facilities; ####
(2)a timeline, including milestones, for such moves; ####
(3)projected budgets, including planned budget transfers, for military treatment facilities within the region; ####
(4)the management or disposition of real property of military treatment facilities within the region; and ####
(5)staffing projections for the region. ###
(c)Certification Patients, staff, bed capacity, functions, or parts of functions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center may not be moved or disestablished until the Secretary of Defense has certified to the congressional defense committees that the expanded facilities at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, are completed, equipped, and staffed with sufficient capacity to accept and provide, at a minimum, the same level of and access to care as patients received at Walter Reed Army Medical Center during fiscal year 2006.2 2The amendment to strike “on a quarterly basis” by section 2712 of Public Law 113–66 could not be carried out because of an earlier amendment made by section 1066(b)(3) of Public Law 112–81. ###
(d)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)The term “**expanded facilities**” means the other two military hospitals/medical centers within the National Capital Region, namely— #####
(A)the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland (or its successor resulting from implementation of the recommendations of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission); and #####
(B)the DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. ####
(2)The term “**National Capital Region**” has the meaning given that term in section 2674(f) of title 10, United States Code.
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Sec. 1674
GUARANTEED FUNDING FOR WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-81
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