,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ceae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #af1 
#bjbe,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself and  
,ms4 ,rosen7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary  
of ,defense and the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs to jointly select a  
joint uniform credentialing and         
privileging system for medical          
providers1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,joint uniform credentialing and        
privileging system for medical providers
 at the ,department of ,defense and the 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #abj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense and the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs1 in consultation with
 the ,domestic ,policy ,council1 shall  
jointly submit to the appropriate       
committees of ,congress a report on the 

medical provider credentialing and      
privileging systems in use by the       
,department of ,defense and the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7#b7
 ,elements ,the report required by      
paragraph 7#a7 shall include each of the
 following3 7,a7 ,a description of the  
scope and scale of the medical provider 
credentialing and privileging systems in
 use by the ,department of ,defense and 
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  
7,b7 ,a description of the type of data 
stored on each system4  7,c7 ,a         
description of the portability of       
provider credentialing and privileging  
information under each system4  7,d7 ,a 
description of the interoperability     
between provider credentialing systems4 
7,e7 ,a description of the risk         
management system1 adverse actions1 and 
governance of each system4  7,f7 ,a     
description of the limitations and gaps 
in the interoperability and             
administration of each system4  7,g7    
,recommendations for scaling each system

 and addressing gaps in the             
interoperability and administration of  
each system1 with the goal of achieving 
a single1 uniform system to be used by  
both the ,department of ,defense and the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7b7
 ,selection ,not later than ,january #a1
 #bjbg1 the ,secretary of ,defense and  
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1 in
 consultation with the ,domestic ,policy
 ,council1 shall jointly select one     
system from the systems in use by the   
,department of ,defense and the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs to    
serve as the joint uniform credentialing
 and privileging system for both the    
,department of ,defense and the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7c7 
,capability of system ,the ,secretary of
 ,defense and the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs shall ensure that the
 joint uniform credentialing and        
privileging system selected under       
subsection 7b7 has the capability to    
import and share provider credentialing 

and privileging information4  7d7       
,certification of implementation ,not   
later than ,january #a1 #bjbh1 the      
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
jointly submit to the appropriate       
committees of ,congress a written       
certification that the joint uniform    
credentialing and privileging system    
selected under subsection 7b7 has been  
implemented and is operational4  7e7    
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,armed   
,services and the ,committee on         
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate2 and 
7#b7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services 
and the ,committee on ,veterans'        
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives4