H.R. 3497: Modernization of Medical Records Access for Veterans Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-27 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Modernization of Medical Records Access for Veterans Act of 2017

Plain summary

Modernization of Medical Records Access for Veterans Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out in at least one Veterans Integrated Services Network a pilot program for at least a 12-month period during which veterans enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system will use a portable medical records storage system to store and share with VA health care providers and community health care providers records of their individual medical histories. The VA shall seek to enter into a contract, using competitive procedures, with an appropriate entity to furnish such storage system. The bill specifies system requirements, including: (1) the capability to store at least four gigabytes of electronic health records on a physical device no larger than a credit card, and (2) the capability to be used by substantially all electronic health records systems certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on or before January 1, 2017.

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Official text

Modernization of Medical Records Access for Veterans Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · 63 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Seth Moulton (D-MA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), David Rouzer (R-NC), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), James P. McGovern (D-MA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and 3 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3497.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3497 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115