21st Century Health Care for Heroes Act

Summary

21st Century Health Care for Heroes Act - Amends the Wounded Warrior Act to direct the Secretaries of Defenseand Veterans Affairs, in implementing electronic health record systems that provide for the full interoperability of personal health care information between the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to ensure that: (1) a health data authoritative source is created within 180 days, (2) the ability of patients of both Departments to download their medical records is achieved within 365 days, (3) seamless integration of personal health care information between the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (4) standardization of health care data of the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (5) acceleration of the exchange of real-time data between the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (6) the upgrade of the graphical user interface to display the new standardized health care data of the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (7) incoming members of the Armed Forces and their dependents may elect to receive an electronic copy of their health care records beginning not later than October 1, 2014, and (8) current members of the Armed Forces and their dependents may elect to receive an electronic copy of their health care records beginning not later than October 1, 2015. Requires such Secretaries to study the feasibility of establishing a secure, remote, and network-accessible computer storage system (commonly referred to as cloud storage) to: (1) provide members of the Armed Forces and veterans the ability to upload their health care records, and (2) allow DOD and VA medical providers to access such records.

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Timeline

1. 28 June 2013

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 June 2013

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 June 2013

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 12 July 2013

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

5. 29 August 2013

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 28 June 2013 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 June 2013

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 June 2013

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Sponsors

• Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] · D · Sponsor
• Paul Cook · R · Sponsor
• Raul Ruiz · D · Sponsor
• Mike Coffman · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21] · D · Cosponsor
• Alan Lowenthal · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Glenn Thompson · R · Cosponsor
• Mick Mulvaney · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Jared Huffman · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] · R · Cosponsor
• RICHARD NOLAN · D · Cosponsor
• David Loebsack · D · Cosponsor
• David Cicilline · D · Cosponsor
• Ann Kirkpatrick · D · Cosponsor
• Kurt Schrader · D · Cosponsor
• Bradley Schneider · D · Cosponsor
• JAMES COOPER · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] · R · Cosponsor
• Earl Blumenauer · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] · D · Cosponsor
• Sanford Bishop · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Sean Maloney · D · Cosponsor
• Tulsi Gabbard · D · Cosponsor
• Tony Cárdenas · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] · D · Cosponsor
• Rodney Davis · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
• Kyrsten Sinema · D · Cosponsor
• Ann Kuster · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2] · R · Cosponsor
• David Joyce · R · Cosponsor
• Scott Peters · D · Cosponsor
• Cheri Bustos · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Patrick Meehan · R · Cosponsor
• Daniel Lipinski · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] · R · Cosponsor
• Vern Buchanan · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Lynn Jenkins · R · Cosponsor

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