HR 5343
114th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care
VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2016
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 26, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 26, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2016
This bill requires the director of each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility to report quarterly to the VA on:
- the number of patients who contracted an infection as result of surgery at such medical facility, including a brief summary of each case; and
- the number of, and reasons for, scheduled surgeries that were cancelled or transferred to another facility and the subsequent number of days that each patient had to wait for surgery.
The VA shall submit such reports and a summary of such reports to Congress and publish them on its website.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1