Sec. 711. MODIFICATION OF ORGANIZATION OF MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM

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## SEC. 711 MODIFICATION OF ORGANIZATION OF MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM ###

(a)Administration of Military Medical Treatment Facilities Subsection

(a)of section 1073c of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)in paragraph (1)— #####

(A)by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and

(F)as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (G), (H), and (I), respectively; #####

(B)by inserting before subparagraph (C), as redesignated by subparagraph

(A)of this paragraph, the following new subparagraphs: > > ##### “(A) > > provision and delivery of health care within each such facility; > > > ##### “(B) > > management of privileging, scope of practice, and quality of health care provided within each such facility;” > ; and #####

(C)by inserting after subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph: > > ##### “(F) > > supply and equipment;” > ; ####

(2)in paragraph (2)— #####

(A)by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), and

(G)as subparagraphs (E), (F), (H), and (I), respectively; #####

(B)by inserting after subparagraph

(C)the following new subparagraph (D): > > ##### “(D) > > to identify the capacity of each military medical treatment facility to support clinical readiness standards of health care providers established by the Secretary of a military department or the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs;” > and #####

(C)by striking subparagraph (F), as redesignated by subparagraph

(A)of this paragraph, and inserting the following new subparagraphs: > > ##### “(F) > > to determine, in coordination with each Secretary of a military department, manning, including joint manning, assigned to military medical treatment facilities and intermediary organizations; > > > ##### “(G) > > to select, after considering nominations from the Secretaries of the military departments, commanders or directors of military medical treatment facilities;” > ; and ####

(3)in paragraph (3)— #####

(A)in subparagraph (A)— ######

(i)by inserting “on behalf of the military departments,” before “ensuring”; and ######

(ii)by striking “and civilian employees”; and #####

(B)in subparagraph (B), by inserting “on behalf of the Defense Health Agency,” before “furnishing”. ###

(b)DHA Assistant Director Subsection (b)(2) of such section is amended by striking “equivalent education and experience” and all that follows and inserting “the education and experience to perform the responsibilities of the position.”. ###

(c)DHA Deputy Assistant Directors Subsection

(c)of such section is amended— ####

(1)in paragraph (2)(B), by striking “across the military health system” and inserting “at military medical treatment facilities”; and ####

(2)in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting “at military medical treatment facilities” before the period at the end. ###

(d)Treatment of Department of Defense for Purposes of Personnel Assignment Such section is amended— ####

(1)by redesignating subsection

(f)as subsection (g); and ####

(2)by inserting after subsection

(e)the following new subsection (f): > > ### “(f) Treatment of Department of Defense for Purposes of Personnel Assignment > > In implementing this section— > > > #### “(1) > > the Department of Defense shall be considered a single agency for purposes of civilian personnel assignment under title 5; and > > > #### “(2) > > the Secretary of Defense may reassign any employee of a component of the Department of Defense or a military department in a position in the civil service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5) to any other component of the Department of Defense or military department.” > . ###

(e)Military Medical Treatment Facility Subsection

(g)of such section, as redesignated by subsection (d)(1), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(3) > > The term ‘military medical treatment facility’ means— > > > ##### “(A) > > any fixed facility of the Department of Defense that is outside of a deployed environment and used primarily for health care; and > > > ##### “(B) > > any other location used for purposes of providing health care services as designated by the Secretary of Defense.” > . ###

(f)Technical Amendments Subsection

(a)of such section is amended— ####

(1)in paragraph (1), by striking “paragraph (4)” and inserting “paragraph (5)”; ####

(2)by redesignating paragraph

(5)as paragraph (6); ####

(3)by redesignating the first paragraph

(4)as paragraph (5); and ####

(4)by moving the second paragraph

(4)so as to appear before paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph

(3)of this subsection.