104 STAT. 1586
PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990
that follows through the period and inserting in lieu thereof the
following: "until the later of—
"(1) January 1, 1992; and
"(2) 30 days after the date of the submission of the report
required under subsection (f).".
(b) REPORT OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of such
section is amended—
(1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (1);
(2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) and
inserting in lieu thereof; and"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
"(3) whether the operational test and evaluation phase was
conducted at a sufficient number of sites and with sufficient
software in operation to warrant a full production decision.".
(c) CERTIFICATION TO EXPAND USE OF SYSTEM.—Such section is
further amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:
"(h) LIMITATION ON EXPANSION OF USE OF SYSTEM. —(1) The Secretary may not authorize the use of the Composite Health Care
System to replace an Independent Operating Capability system in
any military medical treatment facility that is not involved in the
operational test and evaluation phase referred to in subsection (b) on
the date of the enactment of this amendment until the Secretary
certifies to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
House of Representatives that use of the Composite Health Care
System in that facility is the most cost-effective method for
maintaining automated operations at the facility.
"(2) A certification required under paragraph (1) shall include the
following assurances:
"(A) The Secretary has successfully tested the software version of the Composite Health Care System at several military
medical treatment facilities that are representative of the facility at which the software will be used.
"(B) The Secretary has stabilized the software to be used at
that facility in order to eliminate all critical system incidents.
"(C) The Secretary has properly sized the hardware to be
installed at that facility to ensure adequate capacity when the
full configuration of the system is installed at that military
medical treatment facility.
"(D) The installation of the system at that facility will not
adversely affect contractor capabilities for continuing the operational test and evaluation phase of the system at the military
medical treatment facilities involved in that phase.
"(3) The limitetion contained in paragraph (1) shall apply until
the awarding of a contract for full production of a medical information system for use in all militery medical treatment facilities.".
SEC. 718. UNIFORMED SERVICES TREATMENT FACILITIES
(a) DELAY OF TERMINATION EFFECTIVE DATE.— Subsection (e) of
section 1252 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984
(42 U.S.C. 248d), is amended by striking out "1990" and inserting in
lieu thereof "1993".
(b) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.—Such section is further
amended—
42 USC 248c.
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
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