H.R. 1577 would create a Department of Defense-wide program of patient navigators for wounded members of the Armed Forces.
Detailed Summary
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a Department of Defense (DOD)-wide patient navigator program and assign responsibility for overseeing the program to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
Requires patient navigators to be assigned as representatives to medical holdover patients and their families in order to improve health care outcomes. Prohibits the ratio of navigators to patients from being higher than one to ten.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 4/3/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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