REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF HEALTH ENGAGEMENTS.

SEC. 715. [10 U.S.C. 401 note] REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF HEALTH ENGAGEMENTS. (a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, shall develop a process to ensure that health engagements conducted by the Department of Defense are effective and efficient in meeting the national security goals of the United States. (b) Process Goals.—The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall ensure that each process developed under subsection (a)— (1) assesses the operational mission capabilities of the health engagement; (2) uses the collective expertise of the Federal Government and non-governmental organizations to ensure collaboration and partnering activities; and (3) assesses the stability and resiliency of the host nation of such engagement. (c) Assessment Tool.—The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs may establish a measure of effectiveness learning tool to assess the process developed under subsection (a) to ensure the applicability of the process to health engagements conducted by the Department of Defense. (d) Health Engagement Defined.—In this section, the term “health engagement” means a health stability operation conducted by the Department of Defense outside the United States in coordination with a foreign government or international organization to establish, reconstitute, or maintain the health sector of a foreign country.