,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjac    
,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,coffman7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to provide the service records 
of veterans to the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs in an efficient1     
electronic format4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,va     
,claims1 ,operations1 and ,records      
,efficiency ,act4  #b4 ,provision of    
service records  7a7 ,in general ,in    
accordance with subsection 7b71 the     
,secretary of ,defense1 in consultation 
with the ,secretary of ,veterans        
,affairs1 shall make the covered records
 of each member of the ,armed ,forces   
available to the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs in an electronic format4  7b7 
,timeline ,the ,secretary of ,defense   
shall ensure that the covered records of

 members are made available to the      
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs as     
follows3  7#a7 ,with respect to a member
 of the ,armed ,forces who was          
discharged or released from the ,armed  
,forces before the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 not later than #de days  
after the date of such discharge or     
release4  7#b7 ,with respect to a member
 of the ,armed ,forces who is discharged
 or released from the ,armed ,forces on 
or after the date of the enactment of   
this ,act1 not later than #ba days after
 the date of such discharge or release4 
7c7 ,certification ,for each member of  
the ,armed ,forces whose covered records
 are made available under subsection    
7a71 the ,secretary of ,defense shall   
transmit to the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs a letter certifying that--     
7#a7 the ,secretary of ,defense         
thoroughly reviewed the records of the  
member2  7#b7 the information provided  
in the covered records of such member is
 complete as of the date of the letter2 

7#c7 no other information that should be
 included in such covered records exist 
as of such date2 and  7#d7 if other     
information is later discovered--  7,a7 
such other information will be added to 
such covered records2 and  7,b7 the     
,secretary of ,defense will notify the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs of such
 addition4  7d7 ,sharing of protected   
health information ,for purposes of the 
regulations promulgated under section   
#bfd7;c7 of the ,health ,insurance      
,portability and ,accountability ,act of
 #aiif 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;d-#b note71 
making medical records available to the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs under  
subsection 7a7 shall be treated as a    
permitted disclosure4  7e7 ,covered     
records defined ,in this section1 the   
term covered records means1 with respect
 to a member of the ,armed ,forces--    
7#a7 service treatment records2  7#b7   
accompanying personal records2  7#c7    
relevant unit records2 and  7#d7 medical
 records created by reason of treatment 

or services received pursuant to chapter
 #ee of title #aj1 ,united ,states      
,code4