,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ag1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,horsford 7for himself1 ,mrs4 
,kiggans of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,ms4
 ,houlahan1 ,ms4 ,goodlander1 ,mr4      
,bishop1 ,ms4 ,mc,bride1 and ,mr4       
,moylan7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require
 the ,secretary of ,defense to establish
 a digital system for the submission of 
complaints relating to access issues at 
military medical treatment facilities1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,military ,care1 ,access1 ,reporting1   
and ,evaluation ,act or the ,military   
,,care ,act4  #b4 ,digital system for   
access assistance at military medical   
treatment facilities  7a7 ,digital      
system for access assistance ,not later 
than #ah months after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense shall establish a digital   

system under which--  7#a7 a covered    
beneficiary who receives health care at 
a military medical treatment facility   
may electronically-- 7,a7 file a        
complaint relating to access to care at 
such military medical treatment         
facility2 and  7,b7 view the status of  
such complaint at any time1 including   
the status of any interim or final      
action taken to address the complaint2  
7#b7 any complaint filed under paragraph
 7#a77;,a7 shall be promptly transmitted
 to an appropriate patient advocate of  
the ,department of ,defense2 and  7#c7  
complaints filed under paragraph        
7#a77;,a7 with respect to a military    
medical treatment facility may be       
automatically aggregated and submitted  
to the ,director of the ,defense ,health
 ,agency on a quarterly basis4  7b7     
,report on complaints filed under       
digital system  7#a7 ,submission ,not   
later than ,march #a of each year       
following the establishment of the      
system under subsection 7a71 the        

,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the ,committees on ,armed ,services of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate a report on the total number of 
complaints filed under such system4     
7#b7 ,elements ,each report under       
paragraph 7#a7 shall include1 for each  
military medical treatment facility with
 respect to which a complaint was filed 
under the system under subsection 7a71  
the following3 7,a7 ,an identification  
of the most common access to care       
complaints filed by covered             
beneficiaries with respect to such      
facility4  7,b7 ,a comparison of the    
number of complaints so filed regarding 
access to specialty care versus access  
to primary care4  7,c7 ,a comparison of 
the number of complaints so filed       
regarding access to pediatric versus    
non-pediatric care4  7,d7 ,a comparison 
of the number of complaints so filed    
regarding administrative hurdles to     
access versus other access issues4  7,e7
 ,a summary of steps taken at such      

facility to reduce access to care       
complaints by covered beneficiaries4    
7c7 ,covered beneficiary defined ,in    
this section1 the term covered          
beneficiary means an individual enrolled
 in a health care plan under the        
,,tricare program and eligible to       
receive care at a military medical      
treatment facility4