Sec. 712. SUPPORT BY MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM OF MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS OF COMBATANT COMMANDS
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## SEC. 712 SUPPORT BY MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM OF MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS OF COMBATANT COMMANDS ###
(a)In General **[**[10 U.S.C. 1073c note](/us/usc/t10/s1073c)**]** Section 712 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a), by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: > > #### “(1) In general > > The Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the Secretaries of the military departments, the Defense Health Agency, and the Joint Staff, implement an organizational framework of the military health system that effectively and efficiently implements chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to maximize the readiness of the medical force, promote interoperability, and integrate medical capabilities of the Armed Forces in order to enhance joint military medical operations in support of requirements of the combatant commands.” > ; ####
(2)in subsection (e), by redesignating paragraphs
(2)and
(3)as paragraphs
(3)and (4), respectively, and by moving such paragraphs so as to appear at the end of subsection (d); ####
(3)by striking subsection (e), as amended by paragraph
(2)of this subsection; ####
(4)by redesignating subsections
(b)through
(d)as subsections
(c)through (e), respectively; ####
(5)by inserting after subsection
(a)the following new subsection (b): > > ### “(b) Additional Duties of Surgeons General of the Armed Forces > > The Surgeons General of the Armed Forces shall have the following duties: > > > #### “(1) > > To ensure the readiness for operational deployment of medical and dental personnel and deployable medical or dental teams or units of the Armed Force or Armed Forces concerned. > > > #### “(2) > > To meet medical readiness standards, subject to standards and metrics established by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. > > > #### “(3) > > With respect to uniformed medical and dental personnel of the military department concerned— > > > ##### “(A) > > to assign such personnel— > > > ###### “(i) > > primarily to military medical treatment facilities, under the operational control of the commander or director of the facility; or > > > ###### “(ii) > > secondarily to partnerships with civilian or other medical facilities for training activities specific to such military department; and > > > ##### “(B) > > to maintain readiness of such personnel for operational deployment. > > > #### “(4) > > To provide logistical support for operational deployment of medical and dental personnel and deployable medical or dental teams or units of the Armed Force or Armed Forces concerned. > > > #### “(5) > > To oversee mobilization and demobilization in connection with the operational deployment of medical and dental personnel of the Armed Force or Armed Forces concerned. > > > #### “(6) > > To develop operational medical capabilities required to support the warfighter, and to develop policy relating to such capabilities. > > > #### “(7) > > To provide health professionals to serve in leadership positions across the military healthcare system. > > > #### “(8) > > To deliver operational clinical services under the operational control of the combatant commands— > > > ##### “(A) > > on ships and planes; and > > > ##### “(B) > > on installations outside of military medical treatment facilities. > > > #### “(9) > > To manage privileging, scope of practice, and quality of health care in the settings described in paragraph (8).” > ; ####
(6)in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph
(4)of this subsection— #####
(A)in the subsection heading, by inserting “Agency” before “Regions”; and #####
(B)in paragraph (1)— ######
(i)in the paragraph heading, by inserting “Agency” before “regions”; and ######
(ii)by striking “defense health” and inserting “Defense Health Agency”; ####
(7)in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph
(4)of this subsection— #####
(A)in the subsection heading, by inserting “Agency” before “Regions”; #####
(B)in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “defense health” and inserting “Defense Health Agency”; and #####
(C)in paragraph (3), by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsection (c)”; and ####
(8)in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph
(4)of this subsection— #####
(A)in paragraph (2)— ######
(i)by amending subparagraph
(A)to read as follows: > > ##### “(A) In general > > The Secretaries of the military departments shall coordinate with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to direct resources allocated to the military departments to support requirements related to readiness and operational medicine support that are established by the combatant commands and validated by the Joint Staff.” > ; and ######
(ii)in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “Based on” and all that follows through “shall—” and inserting “The Director of the Defense Health Agency, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, shall—”; #####
(B)in paragraph (3), as moved and redesignated by paragraph
(2)of this subsection, in the second sentence— ######
(i)by inserting “primarily” before “through”; and ######
(ii)by inserting “, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments,” after “the Defense Health Agency”; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(5) Manpower > > > ##### “(A) Administrative control of military personnel > > Each Secretary of a military department shall exercise administrative control of members of the Armed Forces assigned to military medical treatment facilities, including personnel assignment and issuance of military orders. > > > ##### “(B) Oversight of certain personnel by the director of the defense health agency > > In situations in which members of the Armed Forces provide health care services at a military medical treatment facility, the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall maintain operational control over such members and oversight for the provision of care delivered by such members through policies, procedures, and privileging responsibilities of the military medical treatment facility.” > . ###
(b)Conforming Amendments ####
(1)Heading amendment **[**[10 U.S.C. 1073c note](/us/usc/t10/s1073c)**]** The heading for section 712 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232)is amended to read as follows: > > ## “SEC. 712 SUPPORT BY MILITARY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS OF COMBATANT COMMANDS” > . ####
(2)Clerical amendment The table of contents for such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 712 and inserting the following new item:" “Sec. 712. Support by military healthcare system of medical requirements of combatant commands.” ".
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