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HR 2590 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Health information and medical records Military medicine Veterans' medical care

21st Century Health Care for Heroes Act

Introduced: June 28, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 29, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jul 12, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 28, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 28, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

21st Century Health Care for Heroes Act - Amends the Wounded Warrior Act to direct the Secretaries of Defenseand Veterans Affairs, in implementing electronic health record systems that provide for the full interoperability of personal health care information between the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to ensure that: (1) a health data authoritative source is created within 180 days, (2) the ability of patients of both Departments to download their medical records is achieved within 365 days, (3) seamless integration of personal health care information between the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (4) standardization of health care data of the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (5) acceleration of the exchange of real-time data between the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (6) the upgrade of the graphical user interface to display the new standardized health care data of the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (7) incoming members of the Armed Forces and their dependents may elect to receive an electronic copy of their health care records beginning not later than October 1, 2014, and (8) current members of the Armed Forces and their dependents may elect to receive an electronic copy of their health care records beginning not later than October 1, 2015.

Requires such Secretaries to study the feasibility of establishing a secure, remote, and network-accessible computer storage system (commonly referred to as cloud storage) to: (1) provide members of the Armed Forces and veterans the ability to upload their health care records, and (2) allow DOD and VA medical providers to access such records.

What's happening now August 29, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 4234 Related bill Ensuring Veterans' Resiliency Act
  • HR 5048 Related bill Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act
  • S 1296 Related bill Servicemember's Electronic Health Records Act of 2013
  • S 2182 Related bill Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 9 Republican 5
R
Valadao, David G.
California · Jan 9, 2014
Reed, Tom
· Oct 28, 2013
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Oct 23, 2013
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Sep 26, 2013
GREEN, GENE
· Sep 19, 2013
Esty, Elizabeth
· Sep 12, 2013
Delaney, John
· Aug 1, 2013
O'Rourke, Beto
· Aug 1, 2013
Jenkins, Lynn
· Jul 31, 2013
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jul 25, 2013
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jul 25, 2013
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Jul 17, 2013
Lipinski, Daniel
· Jul 17, 2013
Meehan, Patrick
· Jul 17, 2013
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jul 17, 2013
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 17, 2013
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 16, 2013
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Jul 16, 2013
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Jul 11, 2013
Loebsack, David
· Jul 10, 2013
Schrader, Kurt
· Jul 10, 2013
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jul 9, 2013
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jul 8, 2013
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Jun 28, 2013
Coffman, Mike
· Jun 28, 2013
Cook, Paul
· Jun 28, 2013
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Jun 28, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2590: 21st Century Health Care for Heroes Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2590/
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"H.R. 2590: 21st Century Health Care for Heroes Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2590/.
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