H.R. 2758 · 115th Congress
SOS Act
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This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced non-government entity to conduct an annual survey, over a five-year period, to determine the experiences of veterans in obtaining hospital care and medical services at each VA medical facility.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 26, 2017
Survey Our Servicemembers Act or the SOS Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced non-government entity to conduct an annual survey, over a five-year period, to determine the experiences of veterans in obtaining hospital care and medical services at each VA medical facility.
Those surveys shall include questions relating to:
- the factors considered by the veteran in choosing whether to receive hospital care or medical services at a VA facility or at a non-VA facility,
- the quality of hospital care or medical services received at non-VA facilities, and
- the differences in cost to the veteran of receiving care or services at VA or at non-VA facilities.
The VA shall make the survey results publicly available on its website.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: SOS Act
Also known as: Survey Our Servicemembers Act
Latest action (May 26, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: May 26, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.