S. 2922 · 114th Congress
Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2016
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This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter into covered partnerships and contracts for the mutually beneficial coordination, use, or exchange of covered VA health-care resources with eligible academic affiliates in order to improve access to, and quality of, VA hospital care and medical services.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 11, 2016
Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2016
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter into covered partnerships and contracts for the mutually beneficial coordination, use, or exchange of covered VA health-care resources with eligible academic affiliates in order to improve access to, and quality of, VA hospital care and medical services.
The VA shall use non-competitive procedures in the case of a partnership or contract for:
- coordination, use, or exchange of a clinical service;
- use of medical equipment or space;
- research;
- construction or lease of clinical space;
- use of any full-time equivalent VA employee or contractor; or
- use of any full-time equivalent employee jointly hired by the VA and an eligible academic affiliate.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2016
Latest action (May 11, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 11, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.