S. 3737 · 115th Congress
Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
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Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 11, 2018
Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
This bill makes changes to the process by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) procures certain medical, surgical, dental or laboratory supplies for its medical centers. Specifically, the bill requires the VA 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 (list of medicines covered) for such supplies.
The VA shall ensure that VA employees who conduct formulary analyses or makes decisions about including items on the formulary have relevant medical expertise. Additionally, the VA shall 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 (Dec 11, 2018): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 11, 2018
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.