HOUSE 501115th CongressSubcommittee Hearings Held.
VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 9/26/2017
Actions
- 2017-09-26Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2017-02-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-01-12Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2017-01-12Introduced in House
- 2017-01-12Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-12 (00)
VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017
This bill requires the director of each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility to report quarterly to the VA on:
- the number of patients who contracted an infection as result of surgery at such medical facility, including a brief summary of each case; and
- the number of, and reasons for, scheduled surgeries that were cancelled or transferred to another facility and the subsequent number of days that each patient had to wait for surgery.
The VA shall submit such reports and a summary of such reports to Congress and publish them on its website.
Cosponsors (4)
- Tim Walberg (R-MI)
- FRED UPTON (R-MI)
- Mike Bishop (R-MI)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Government information and archives
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Surgery and anesthesia
- Veterans' medical care
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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