Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/740

 99 STAT. 718

10 USC 2687 note. Ante, p. 717.

PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985 for civil works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood control projects. "(2) 'Civilian personnel' means direct-hire, permanent civilian employees of the Department of Defense. "(3) 'Realignment' includes any action which both reduces and relocates functions and civilian personnel positions, but does not include a reduction in force resulting from workload adjustments, reduced personnel or funding levels, skill imbalances, or other similar causes. "(4) 'Legislative day' means a day on which either House of Congress is in session.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to closures and realignments completed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that any action taken to effect or implement any closure or realignment for which a public announcement was made pursuant to section 2687(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, after April 1, 1985, and before the date of enactment of this Act shall be subject to the provisions of section 2687 of such title as in effect on the day before such date of enactment. SEC. 1203. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO TEST THE USE OF A CERTAIN COMPUTER SYSTEM IN MILITARY HOSPITALS (a) TEST OF VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION DECENTRALIZED HOSPITAL COMPUTER PROGRAM (DHCP).—The Secretary of Defense (herein-

after in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall carry out a demonstration project for the purpose of testing the use in military hospitals of the hospital-management computer system of the Veterans' Administration known as the Veterans' Administration's decentralized hospital computer program. The purpose of the test shall be to determine the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the use in military hospitals of such system rather than the use of a centralized hospital-management computer system, including the Composite Health-Care System. (b) DURATION AND LOCATION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—The

demonstration project under subsection (a) shall be carried out over a six-month period beginning on March 1, 1986, in two military hospitals. One of such hospitals shall be the hospital at March Air Force Base, and the test of the Veterans' Administration decentralized hospital computer program at such Air Force Base shall be expanded to meet the requirements of this section. The second hospital at which the demonstration project shall be carried out shall be designated by the Secretary of Defense. Such hospital may not be under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Air Force and shall be significantly larger than the hospital at March Air Force Base. (c) USE OF ALL COMPONENTS OF DHCP.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, shall ensure that all available components of the Veterans' Administration system referred to in subsection (a) (including equipment and software) are used at their current functional level in each hospital in which the system is tested under this section. (d) ASSISTANCE FROM VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall provide, on a reimbursable basis, such personnel and equipment as are requested by the Secretary and determined by the Administrator to be available in order to

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