PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS PROJECTED TO GROW.

SEC. 705. PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS PROJECTED TO GROW.(a) Program.—The Secretary of Defense is authorized to develop a plan to establish a program to build cooperative health care arrangements and agreements between military installations projected to grow and local and regional non-military health care systems.(b) Requirements of Plan.—In developing the plan, the Secretary of Defense shall—(1) identify and analyze health care delivery options involving the private sector and health care services in military facilities located on military installations;(2) develop methods for determining the cost avoidance or savings resulting from innovative partnerships between the Department of Defense and the private sector;(3) develop requirements for Department of Defense health care providers to deliver health care in civilian community hospitals; and(4) collaborate with State and local authorities to create an arrangement to share and exchange, between the Department of Defense and nonmilitary health care systems, personal health information, and data of military personnel and their families.(c) Coordination With Other Entities.—The plan shall include requirements for coordination with Federal, State, and local entities, TRICARE managed care support contractors, and other contracted assets around installations selected for participation in the program.(d) Consultation Requirements.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop the plan in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments.(e) Selection of Military Installations.—Each selected military installation shall meet the following criteria:(1) The military installation has members of the Armed Forces on active duty and members of reserve components of the Armed Forces that use the installation as a training and operational base, with members routinely deploying in support of the global war on terrorism.(2) The military population of an installation will significantly increase by 2013 due to actions related to either Grow the Force initiatives or recommendations of the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission.(3) There is a military treatment facility on the installation that has—122 STAT. 4500(A) no inpatient or trauma center care capabilities; and(B) no current or planned capacity that would satisfy the proposed increase in military personnel at the installation.(4) There is a civilian community hospital near the military installation, and the military treatment facility has—(A) no inpatient services or limited capability to expand inpatient care beds, intensive care, and specialty services; and(B) limited or no capability to provide trauma care.(f) Reports.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives an annual report on any plan developed under subsection (a).