Sec. 732. JOINT FORCES MEDICAL CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION

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## SEC. 732 JOINT FORCES MEDICAL CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION ###

(a)Process Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, develop a process to establish required joint force medical capabilities for members of the Armed Forces that meet the operational planning requirements of the combatant commands. ###

(b)Process Elements The process developed under subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)A joint medical estimate to determine the medical requirements for treating members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or injured during military operations, including with respect to environmental health and force health protection. ####

(2)A process to review and revise military health related mission essential tasks in order to ensure that such tasks are aligned with health professional knowledge, skills, and abilities. ####

(3)A process to standardize the interoperability of medical equipment and capabilities to support the joint force. ###

(c)Report Not later than June 1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report describing the process developed under subsection (a).