President's Task Force To Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans
Signed May 28, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 29447
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Establishes the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, made up of 15 presidentially appointed members, including two co-chairs, drawn from health care experts, officials familiar with Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense health systems, and veteran and military service organization representatives. The Task Force is charged with identifying ways to improve coordination and benefits between the two departments, reviewing barriers to cooperation such as budgeting, billing, and information technology, and finding opportunities to share resources and infrastructure. The Department of Veterans Affairs must provide administrative support and funding, and other agencies must supply information and staff support as needed. The Task Force must report findings to the President through the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Defense, issuing an interim report nine months after its first meeting and a final report within two years, after which it terminates within 30 days of the final report or no later than two years from the order's date.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and in order to provide prompt and efficient access to consistently high quality health care for veterans who have served the Nation, it is hereby ordered
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Revoked by: EO 13316, September 17, 2003
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13214 of May 28, 2001
President's Task Force To Improve Health Care
Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and in order to provide
prompt and efficient access to consistently high
quality health care for veterans who have served the
Nation, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established the
President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery
for Our Nation's Veterans (Task Force).
Sec. 2. Membership. The Task Force shall be comprised
of 15 members appointed by the President. Two of the 15
members shall serve as co-chairs of the Task Force. The
Task Force membership shall include health care
experts, officials familiar with Department of Veterans
Affairs and Department of Defense health care systems,
and representatives from veteran and military service
organizations.
Sec. 3. Mission. The mission of the Task Force shall be
to:
(a)
identify ways to improve benefits and services for Department of Veterans
Affairs beneficiaries and Department of Defense military retirees who are
also eligible for benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs through
better coordination of the activities of the two departments;
(b)
review barriers and challenges that impede Department of Veterans Affairs
and Department of Defense coordination, including budgeting processes,
timely billing, cost accounting, information technology, and reimbursement.
Identify opportunities to improve such business practices to ensure high
quality and cost effective health care; and
(c)
identify opportunities for improved resource utilization through
partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department
of Defense to maximize the use of resources and infrastructure, including:
buildings, information technology and data sharing systems, procurement of
supplies, equipment and services, and delivery of care.
Sec. 4. Administration.
(a)
The Department of Veterans Affairs shall, to the extent permitted by law,
provide administrative support and funding for the Task Force.
(b)
Members of the Task Force shall serve without any compensation for their
work on the Task Force. Members appointed from among private citizens of
the United States, however, while engaged in the work of the Task Force,
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in Government
service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707), to the extent funds are available.
(c)
The co-chairs of the Task Force shall appoint an Executive Director to
coordinate administration of the Task Force. To the extent permitted by
law, office space, analytical support, and additional staff support for the
Commission shall be provided by executive branch departments and agencies
as directed by the President.
(d)
The heads of the executive branch departments and agencies shall, to the
extent permitted by law, provide the Task Force with information as
requested by the co-chairs.
(e)
At the call of the co-chairs, the Task Force shall meet as necessary to
accomplish its mission.
(f)
The functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, except for those in section 6 of that Act, that are applicable
to the Task Force, shall be performed by the Department of Veterans
Affairs, in accordance with the guidelines that have been issued by the
Administrator of General Services.
Sec. 5. Reports. The Task Force shall report its
findings and recommendations to the President, through
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Secretary of
Defense. The Task Force shall issue an interim report
in 9 months from the date of the first meeting of the
Task Force. The Task Force shall issue a final report
prior to the end of the second year of operation.
Sec. 6. Termination. The Task Force shall terminate 30
days after submitting its final report, but no later
than 2 years from the date of this order.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 28, 2001.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed May 28, 2001. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.