May 29, 2025
Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia (for herself and Ms. Jacobs) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the process by which the Secretary of Defense verifies that health care professionals of the military departments are appropriately licensed.
Section 1. Verification of licensure of health-care professionals of the military departments
Subsection (b) of section 1094 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b)
(1)
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each individual who provides health care independently as a health-care professional at a health care facility of the Department of Defense meets the requirement of subsection (a).
(2)
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish a centralized credential system that allows the commanding officer of a health care facility of the Department to verify the licensure of a health-care professional, regardless of the location of the facility or the armed force in which the health-care professional serves. The Secretary shall ensure that not less than 90 percent of such verifications are completed within seven days of the date on which the commanding officer requests such verification if the request does not relate to a health-care professional with an adverse record.