,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ihfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjbf,mr4 
,neguse 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bergman1 and
 ,mrs4 ,dingell7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to submit a report and         
establish standards on the timeliness of
 providing electronic health records to 
members of the ,armed ,forces separating
 from active duty1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,timely ,electronic 
,health ,record ,transfers for          
,transitioning ,servicemembers ,act of  
#bjbf4  #b4 ,report and standards on    
timeliness of electronic health records 
during transition from the ,armed       
,forces  7a7 ,report  7#a7 ,requirement 
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the congressional defense committees a  

report on the timeliness of providing   
members of the ,armed ,forces who are   
separating from active duty with a copy 
of the electronic health records of the 
members4  7#b7  ,elements  ,the report  
under paragraph 7#a7 shall include the  
following1 with respect to the #a-year  
period preceding the date of the report3
  7,a7 ,the average number of days      
following separation from active duty   
for a member to receive the electronic  
health records of the member4  7,b7 ,the
 most number of days a member has waited
 to receive such records4  7,c7 ,an     
explanation for delays in providing     
members such records4  7b7 ,standards   
,not later than #bgj days after the date
 on which the ,secretary submits the    
report under subsection 7a77#a71 the    
,secretary shall establish standards to 
ensure that a member of the ,armed      
,forces who is separating from active   
duty receives the electronic health     
records of the member within a          
reasonable period4  7c7 ,definitions ,in

 this section3 7#a7 ,the term           
congressional defense committees has the
 meaning given such term in section     
#aja7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states  
,code4  7#b7 ,the term reasonable       
period1 with respect to the standards   
established under subsection 7b71 means 
a period that the ,secretary of ,defense
 determines appropriate after taking    
into account-- 7,a7 the findings of the 
report under subsection 7a77#a72 and    
7,b7 the views of members of the ,armed 
,forces who are separating from active  
duty1 veterans1 and other individuals   
the ,secretary determines appropriate4