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H.R. 5418 · 115th Congress

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

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Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 115th Congress ended.

JBR BergmanSponsor
4 cosponsors · 2 D, 2 R
JBR Banks NDR Dunn SPD Peters AKD Kuster

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Mar 29, 2018
  2. House Passed May 21, 2018

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · May 21, 2018

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in procuring medical, surgical, dental, or laboratory items for VA medical facilities through the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) program, to: (1) award contracts to multiple regional prime vendors instead of a single nationwide prime vendor, and (2) prohibit a prime vendor from solely designing the formulary of items available for MSPV purchase.

The VA shall: (1) ensure that each VA employee who conducts formulary analyses or makes decisions about including items on the formulary has relevant medical expertise, and (2) provide Congress with periodic lists of such individuals and their medical expertise listed by categories of formulary items.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

Latest action (Aug 1, 2018): Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 29, 2018

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Mar 29, 2018
  2. House Passed May 21, 2018

No recorded floor vote found.