LIMITATION ON AWARDING CONTRACT FOR FULL PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

SEC. 717. LIMITATION ON AWARDING CONTRACT FOR FULL PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (a) Limitation.— Subsection (g) of section 704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99–661; 100 Stat. 3900), as added by section 733(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100–180; 101 Stat. 1122), is amended by striking out “until—” and all104 STAT. 1586 that follows through the period and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “until the later of— “(1) January 1, 1992; and “(2) 30 days after the date of the submission of the report required under subsection (f).”. (b) Report of Comptroller General.— Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (1) by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (1); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(3) whether the operational test and evaluation phase was conducted at a sufficient number of sites and with sufficient software in operation to warrant a full production decision.”. (c) Certification to Expand Use of System.— Such section is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection: “(h) Limitation on Expansion of Use of System.— (1) The Secretary may not authorize the use of the Composite Health Care System to replace an Independent Operating Capability system in any military medical treatment facility that is not involved in the operational test and evaluation phase referred to in subsection (b) on the date of the enactment of this amendment until the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives that use of the Composite Health Care System in that facility is the most cost-effective method for maintaining automated operations at the facility. “(2) A certification required under paragraph (1) shall include the following assurances: “(A) The Secretary has successfully tested the software version of the Composite Health Care System at several military medical treatment facilities that are representative of the facility at which the software will be used. “(B) The Secretary has stabilized the software to be used at that facility in order to eliminate all critical system incidents. “(C) The Secretary has properly sized the hardware to be installed at that facility to ensure adequate capacity when the full configuration of the system is installed at that military medical treatment facility. “(D) The installation of the system at that facility will not adversely affect contractor capabilities for continuing the operational test and evaluation phase of the system at the military medical treatment facilities involved in that phase. “(3) The limitation contained in paragraph (1) shall apply until the awarding of a contract for full production of a medical information system for use in all military medical treatment facilities.”.