Sec. 744. PILOT PROGRAM ON DISPLAY OF WAIT TIMES AT URGENT CARE CLINICS AND PHARMACIES OF MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
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## SEC. 744 PILOT PROGRAM ON DISPLAY OF WAIT TIMES AT URGENT CARE CLINICS AND PHARMACIES OF MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES **[**[10 U.S.C. 1092 note](/us/usc/t10/s1092)**]** ###
(a)Pilot Program Authorized Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program for the display of wait times in urgent care clinics and pharmacies of military medical treatment facilities selected under subsection (b). ###
(b)Selection of Facilities ####
(1)Categories The Secretary shall select not fewer than four military medical treatment facilities from each of the following categories to participate in the pilot program: #####
(A)Medical centers. #####
(B)Hospitals. #####
(C)Ambulatory care centers. ####
(2)OCONUS locations Of the military medical treatment facilities selected under each category described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph (1), not fewer than one shall be located outside of the continental United States. ####
(3)Contractor-operated facilities The Secretary may select Government-owned, contractor-operated facilities among those military medical treatment facilities selected under paragraph (1). ###
(c)Urgent Care Clinics ####
(1)Placement With respect to each military medical treatment facility participating in the pilot program with an urgent care clinic, the Secretary shall place in a conspicuous location at the urgent care clinic an electronic sign that displays the current average wait time determined under paragraph
(2)for a patient to be seen by a qualified medical professional. ####
(2)Determination In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine the average wait time to display under such paragraph by using a formula derived from best practices in the health care industry. ###
(d)Pharmacies ####
(1)Placement With respect to each military medical treatment facility participating in the pilot program with a pharmacy, the Secretary shall place in a conspicuous location at the pharmacy an electronic sign that displays the current average wait time to receive a filled prescription for a pharmaceutical agent. ####
(2)Determination In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine the average wait time to display under such paragraph by using a formula derived from best practices in the health care industry. ###
(e)Duration The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program for a period that is not more than two years. ###
(f)Report ####
(1)Submission Not later than 90 days after the completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program. ####
(2)Elements The report under paragraph
(1)shall include— #####
(A)the costs for displaying the wait times under subsections
(c)and (d); #####
(B)any changes in patient satisfaction; #####
(C)any changes in patient behavior with respect to using urgent care and pharmacy services; #####
(D)any changes in pharmacy operations and productivity; #####
(E)a cost-benefit analysis of posting such wait times; and #####
(F)the feasibility of expanding the posting of wait times in emergency departments in military medical treatment facilities. ###
(g)Qualified Medical Professional Defined In this section, the term “qualified medical professional” means a doctor of medicine, a doctor of osteopathy, a physician assistant, or an advanced registered nurse practitioner.
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Sec. 744
PILOT PROGRAM ON DISPLAY OF WAIT TIMES AT URGENT CARE CLINICS AND PHARMACIES OF MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
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