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HR 1579 110th Congress House

Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Tracking Act

Official title: To create a standard solider patient tracking system.

Introduced: March 20, 2007 Introduced by: Buchanan, Vern Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reservesCase managementFamiliesFamily services
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Government Operations and PoliticsHealthHealth information systemsMilitary dependentsMilitary hospitalsMilitary medicineMilitary personnelNational GuardOmbudsmanWar casualties
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 3, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 20, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 20, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 3, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Tracking Act - Directs the surgeons general of the military departments to develop a joint soldier tracking system (System) for medical holdover patients. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to have access to the system to monitor trends and problems.

Requires the system to allow each medical holdover patient, each family member of such patient, each commanding officer of a military installation retaining such patients, each patient navigator, and ombudsman office personnel, at all times, to be able to locate and understand exactly where a patient is in the medical holdover process. Requires that the system be updated daily.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1577 Related bill Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act
  • HR 1578 Related bill Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Performance Metrics and Transparency Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 20, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1579: Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Tracking Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1579/
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"H.R. 1579: Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Tracking Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1579/.
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