LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE FUTURE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS PROGRAM.

SEC. 717. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE FUTURE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS PROGRAM. (a) Limitation.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2012 for the procurement, research, development, test, and evaluation, or operation and maintenance of the future electronic health records program, not more than 10 percent may be obligated or expended until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report addressing— (1) an architecture to guide the transition of the electronic health records of the Department of Defense to a future state that is cost-effective and interoperable; (2) the process for selecting investments in information technology that support the architecture described in paragraph (1); (3) the report required by section 715 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 124 Stat. 4249); (4) the role of the Interagency Program Office to manage or oversee efforts with respect to the future electronic health records program; and (5) any other matters the Secretary considers appropriate. (b) Future Electronic Health Records Program Defined.—In this section, the term “future electronic health records program” means the programs of the Department of Defense referred to as the “EHR way ahead” and the “virtual lifetime electronic record”.