PERFORMANCE METRICS AND REPORTS ON WARRIORS IN TRANSITION PROGRAMS OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.

SEC. 738. [10 U.S.C. 1071 note] PERFORMANCE METRICS AND REPORTS ON WARRIORS IN TRANSITION PROGRAMS OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. (a) Metrics Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish a policy containing uniform performance outcome measurements to be used by each Secretary of a military department in tracking and monitoring members of the Armed Forces in Warriors in Transition programs. (b) Elements.—The policy established under subsection (a) shall identify outcome measurements with respect to the following: (1) Physical health and behavioral health. (2) Rehabilitation. (3) Educational and vocational preparation. (4) Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. (c) Milestones.—In establishing the policy under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall establish metrics and milestones for members in Warriors in Transition programs. Such metrics and milestones shall cover members throughout the course of care and rehabilitation in Warriors in Transitions programs by applying to the following occasions: (1) When the member commences participation in the program. (2) At least once each year the member participates in the program. (3) When the member ceases participation in the program or is transferred to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (d) Cohort Groups and Parameters.—The policy established under subsection (a)— (1) may differentiate among cohort groups within the population of members in Warriors in Transition programs, as appropriate; and (2) shall include parameters for specific outcome measurements in each element under subsection (b) and each metric and milestone under subsection (c). (e) Warriors in Transition Program Defined.—In this section, the term “Warriors in Transition program” means any major support program of the Armed Forces for members of the Armed Forces with severe wounds, illnesses, or injuries that is intended to provide such members with nonmedical case management service and care coordination services, and includes the programs as follows: (1) Warrior Transition Units and the Wounded Warrior Program of the Army. (2) The Wounded Warrior Safe Harbor program of the Navy. (3) The Wounded Warrior Regiment of the Marine Corps. (4) The Recovery Care Program and the Wounded Warrior programs of the Air Force. (5) The Care Coalition of the United States Special Operations Command.