H.R. 5343 · 114th Congress
VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2016
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This bill requires the director of each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility to report quarterly to the VA on:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 26, 2016
VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2016
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2016
Latest action (Jun 13, 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: May 26, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.