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Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008

Introduced: June 26, 2008 Introduced by: McConnell, Mitch Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Jun 26, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6294)
Jun 26, 2008
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) submit to Congress a plan to introduce pay-for-performance mechanisms into contracts which compensate Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contractors for the provision of veterans' health care services through community-based outpatient clinics (clinics); (2) commence plan implementation within 60 days after submission, unless Congress enacts a law prohibiting or modifying plan implementation; and (3) report semiannually to Congress on the advisability of utilizing such mechanisms in the provision of VA health care services by means in addition to such clinics.

What's happening now June 26, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6294)

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