Authority to provide residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs for civilian health care professionals of the Department of Defense

(a) Authority Section 1599c of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking and compensation and inserting, compensation, and training; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Residencies and internships (1) The Secretary may establish residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs at military medical treatment facilities to train individuals whom the Secretary has appointed to civilian health care positions, including physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and behavioral health providers. (2) The Secretary may require that an individual who participates in a residency, internship, or similar postgraduate program under paragraph (1) agrees to perform civilian Federal service at a military medical treatment facility for a specific period determined by the Secretary following the completion of such residency, internship, or similar postgraduate program.. (b) Report (1) Requirement Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of subsection (c) of section 1599c of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). (2) Matters included The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A plan to establish residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs under subsection (c) of such section 1599c, including a timeline to implement such subsection. (B) The anticipated cost of carrying out such subsection. (C) The number of each type of health care provider the Secretary expects to participate in such residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs. (D) An explanation for how the Secretary— (i) will fund such residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs; and (ii) supervise individuals participating in such residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs. (E) An analysis of how the residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs would help meet the medical workforce needs of the military health system. (F) Any additional information that the Secretary determines appropriate.