,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #beij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,gibson 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bera of    
,california1 ,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 and
 ,mr4 ,coffman7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,veterans'
 ,affairs1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,wounded       
,warrior ,act to establish a specific   
timeline for the ,secretary of ,defense 
and the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs
 to achieve integrated electronic health
 records1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the #bast ,century ,health ,care for    
,heroes ,act4  #b4 ,timeline for        
implementing integrated electronic      
health records  7a7 ,establishment of   

timeline ,section #afce of the ,wounded 
,warrior ,act 7#aj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajga note7
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following new subsection3  7k7 ,timeline
 ,in carrying out this section1 the     
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
ensure that--  7#a7 the creation of a   
health data authoritative source is     
achieved by not later than #ahj days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection2  7#b7 the ability of        
patients of both the ,department of     
,defense and the ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs to download the      
medical records of the patient 7commonly
 referred to as the ,blue ,button       
,initiative7 is achieved by not later   
than #cfe days after the date of the    
enactment of this subsection2  7#c7 the 
seamless integration of personal health 
care information between the            
,departments is achieved by not later   
than #cfe days after the date of the    
enactment of this subsection2  7#d7 the 

standardization of health care data of  
the ,departments is achieved by not     
later than #cfe days after the date of  
the enactment of this subsection2  7#e7 
the acceleration of the exchange of     
real-time data between the ,departments 
is achieved by not later than #cfe days 
after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection2  7#f7 the upgrade of the    
graphical user interface to display the 
new standardized health care data of the
 ,departments is achieved by not later  
than #cfe days after the date of the    
enactment of this subsection2  7#g7 each
 incoming member of the ,armed ,forces  
and the dependent of such a member may  
elect to receive an electronic copy of  
the health care record of the individual
 beginning not later than ,october #a1  
#bjad2 and  7#h7 each current member of 
the ,armed ,forces and the dependent of 
such a member may elect to receive an   
electronic copy of the health care      
record of the individual beginning not  
later than ,october #a1 #bjae4  4  7b7  

,cloud storage ,section #afce of such   
,act is further amended by adding at the
 end the following new subsection3  7l7 
,cloud storage ,the ,secretary of       
,defense and the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs shall study the feasibility of
 establishing a secure1 remote1         
network-accessible computer storage     
system 7commonly referred to as cloud   
storage7 to--  7#a7 provide members of  
the ,armed ,forces and veterans the     
ability to upload the health care       
records of the member or veteran if the 
member or veteran elects to do so2 and  
7#b7 allow medical providers of the     
,department of ,defense and the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs to    
access such records in the course of    
providing care to the member or veteran4
  4  7c7 ,conforming amendments ,section
 #afce of such ,act is further amended--
  7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by striking   
,the ,secretary and inserting ,in       
accordance with the timeline described  
in subsection 7k71 the ,secretary2 and  

7#b7 in the matter preceding paragraph  
7#a7 of subsection 7e71 by inserting in 
accordance with subsection 7k7 after    
under this section4