,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #g1 #bjbj,mr4 
,mast 7for himself and ,ms4 ,gabbard7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the    
,secretary of ,defense to conduct a     
report on the implementation and        
application of the ,integrated          
,disability ,evaluation ,system4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,integrated ,disability ,evaluation 
,system ,accountability ,act of #bjbj4  
#b4 ,report on ,integrated ,disability  
,evaluation ,system  7a7 ,in general    
,not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
,congress a report on the findings of a 
study1 conducted by the ,secretary for  
the purposes of the report1 of the      
implementation and application of the   
,integrated ,disability ,evaluation     
,system4  7b7 ,matters included ,the    

report under subsection 7a7 shall       
include the following3 7#a7 ,all changes
 to policies and procedures applicable  
to the implementation of the ,integrated
 ,disability ,evaluation ,system from   
the previous disability evaluation      
system4  7#b7 ,the extent to which the  
,integrated ,disability ,evaluation     
,system is the primary means of         
processing members of the ,armed ,forces
 through the disability evaluation      
system process4  7#c7 ,the extent to    
which the military departments and the  
,defense ,health ,agency coordinate--   
7,a7 treatment of members of the ,armed 
,forces2  7,b7 referrals of members of  
the ,armed ,forces to a medical         
evaluation board2  7,c7 appointing a    
convening authority and staffing a      
medical evaluation board2  7,d7 the     
sharing of medical documentation with a 
medical evaluation board2  7,e7         
evaluations of members of the ,armed    
,forces for initial or subsequent       
limited duty status2 and  7,f7 a medical

 evaluation board referral to a physical
 evaluation board4  7#d7 ,the process   
for members of the ,armed ,forces to    
request an impartial medical review or  
rebut medical evaluation board findings4
  7#e7 ,the criteria a medical          
evaluation board convening authority    
applies when considering such requests  
under paragraph 7#d74  7#f7 ,the average
 time to process ,integrated ,disability
 ,evaluation ,system cases by both phase
 and stage 7as defined in ,department of
 ,defense ,manual #accb4ah7 for both the
 active component and reserve component4