[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3515 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3515

   To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to jointly select a joint uniform credentialing and privileging 
         system for medical providers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 16, 2025

  Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to jointly select a joint uniform credentialing and privileging 
         system for medical providers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. JOINT UNIFORM CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING SYSTEM FOR 
              MEDICAL PROVIDERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 
        Domestic Policy Council, shall jointly submit to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress a report on the medical 
        provider credentialing and privileging systems in use by the 
        Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include each of the following:
                    (A) A description of the scope and scale of the 
                medical provider credentialing and privileging systems 
                in use by the Department of Defense and the Department 
                of Veterans Affairs.
                    (B) A description of the type of data stored on 
                each system.
                    (C) A description of the portability of provider 
                credentialing and privileging information under each 
                system.
                    (D) A description of the interoperability between 
                provider credentialing systems.
                    (E) A description of the risk management system, 
                adverse actions, and governance of each system.
                    (F) A description of the limitations and gaps in 
                the interoperability and administration of each system.
                    (G) Recommendations for scaling each system and 
                addressing gaps in the interoperability and 
                administration of each system, with the goal of 
                achieving a single, uniform system to be used by both 
                the Department of Defense and the Department of 
                Veterans Affairs.
    (b) Selection.--Not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 
Domestic Policy Council, shall jointly select one system from the 
systems in use by the Department of Defense and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to serve as the joint uniform credentialing and 
privileging system for both the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
    (c) Capability of System.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the joint uniform 
credentialing and privileging system selected under subsection (b) has 
the capability to import and share provider credentialing and 
privileging information.
    (d) Certification of Implementation.--Not later than January 1, 
2028, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
written certification that the joint uniform credentialing and 
privileging system selected under subsection (b) has been implemented 
and is operational.
    (e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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