MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACQUISITION AMENDMENTS

SEC. 733. MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACQUISITION AMENDMENTS (a) Test and Evaluation Phase Limitations.—Subsection (a) of section 704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99–661; 100 Stat. 3900) is amended to read as follows: “(a) Limitation on Test and Evaluation Phase of Composite Health Care System.”With respect to the acquisition of a Department of Defense medical information system for use in all military medical treatment facilities, the Secretary may not award any contract for the operational test and evaluation phase for the Composite Health Care System referred to in subsection (b) until— “(1) the testing required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection is completed; “(2) the Armed Services Committees receive— “(A) the report submitted by the Secretary under subsection (b)(3); and “(B) the report submitted by the Comptroller General under subsection (b)(4).” (b) Reports on Testing.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraphs: “(3) Not later than the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date that the testing required by paragraphs (1) and (2) is completed, the Secretary shall— “(A) evaluate the competing medical information systems, based on the results of the testing; and “(B) submit to the Armed Services Committees a report on such evaluation. “(4) Not later than the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date that the Armed Services Committees receive the report submitted by the Secretary under paragraph (3), the Comptroller General shall submit to the Armed Services Committees a report describing— “(A) the results of the testing required by paragraphs (1) and (2); and “(B) the competitive acquisition process that the Secretary is following in selecting vendors for the operational test and evaluation phase of the Composite Health Care System.” (c) VA Computer Program Amendments.—(1) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out “not later than October 1, 1987” and inserting in lieu thereof “on the same date as the date on which the operational test and evaluation phase of the Composite Health Care System described in subsection (d) is completed”. (2) Section 1203 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99–145; 99 Stat. 718), is amended— (A) in subsection (c), by striking out “that are available” and all that follows through “expected to be completed” and inserting in lieu thereof “that are available and delivered in a form suitable for testing on the date on which the Secretary approves and accepts the software for the operational test and evaluation phase of the Composite Health Care System”; and (B) in subsection (e), by striking out “, and by the Secretary of each military department,”. 101 STAT. 1122 (d) Conduct of Test and Evaluation Phase.—Section 704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (h); and (2) by striking out subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsections: “(d) Conduct of Test and Evaluation Phase of Composite Health Care System.” (1) The Secretary shall conduct the operational test and evaluation phase of the Composite Health Care System at no fewer than six sites. “(2) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989, the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out such operational test and evaluation phase are $92,000,000 for fiscal year 1988 and $88,500,000 for fiscal year 1989. “(e) Report by Secretary.” After the operational test and evaluation phase referred to in subsection (d) is completed, the Secretary shall submit to the Armed Services Committees a report which— “(1) analyzes the results of the operational test and evaluation phase; “(2) analyzes the results of the Veterans’ Administration demonstration project referred to in subsection (c); “(3) analyzes the costs and benefits of the Composite Health Care System for Levels I, II, and IID in combination and for Level III on a module by module basis, based on operational experience at the sites at which the operational test and evaluation phase is carried out; and “(4) contains a plan for full production of a medical information system for use in all military medical treatment facilities, based on an analysis of costs and benefits within any cost limitations that may be applicable to the program at the time the report is submitted. “(f) Report by Comptroller General.”The Comptroller General shall monitor the conduct of the operational test and evaluation phase referred to in subsection (d) and related Composite Health Care System acquisition activities. Not later than the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date that the Armed Services Committees receive the report submitted by the Secretary under subsection (e), the Comptroller General shall submit to the Armed Services Committees a report evaluating— “(1) the results of the operational test and evaluation phase; and “(2) the competitive acquisition process the Secretary is following in awarding a contract for full production of a medical information system for use in all military medical treatment facilities. “(g) Limitation on Awarding Contract for Full Production of Medical Information System.” The Secretary may not award a contract for full production of a medical information system for use in all military medical treatment facilities until— “(1) the Armed Services Committees receive the report submitted by the Secretary under subsection (e); and “(2) 30 days elapse after the Armed Services Committees receive the report submitted by the Comptroller General under subsection (f).”. 101 STAT. 1123(e) Definitions.—Subsection (h) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (d)(1), is amended by adding at the end the following: “(5) The term ‘Armed Services Committees’ means the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.”