VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act
- Last Action
- 12/24/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-24Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 796.
- 2024-12-24Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-947.
- 2024-12-24Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-947.
- 2023-04-28Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- 2023-04-28Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2023-04-28Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- 2023-04-18Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2023-03-29Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2023-03-20Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-02-17Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2023-02-17Introduced in House
- 2023-02-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-02-17 (00)
VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act
This bill requires the directors of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to the VA and Congress an annual fact sheet containing specified information about their facility of jurisdiction (e.g., the number of veterans treated at the facility) and a quarterly fact sheet containing the average wait time for veterans to receive treatment at the facility.
The required fact sheets must be made publicly available in physical form at each medical facility and in an electronic form on the facility's website.
Cosponsors (6)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- David Kustoff (R-TN)
- Gregory Murphy (R-NC)
- Charles Fleischmann (R-TN)
- Mike Ezell (R-MS)
- Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Government information and archives
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Hospital care
- Mental health
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' medical care
- Women's health
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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