CLARIFICATION ON CONFIDENTIALITY OF MEDICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE RECORDS.

SEC. 714. CLARIFICATION ON CONFIDENTIALITY OF MEDICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE RECORDS.(a) In General.—Section 1102(j) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—125 STAT. 1477(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “any activity carried out” and inserting “any peer review activity carried out”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(4) The term ‘peer review’ means any assessment of the quality of medical care carried out by a health care professional, including any such assessment of professional performance, any patient safety program root cause analysis or report, or any similar activity described in regulations prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (i).”.(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2012.