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HR 4059 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Health care quality Health personnel Medical ethics Veterans' medical care

Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017

Introduced: October 12, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 12, 2017
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Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA physician is informed of the duty to report any covered activity committed by another physician that the physician witnesses or otherwise directly discovers to the applicable state licensing authority within five days.

"Covered activity" means any activity occurring in a VA medical facility that consists of or causes the provision of impaired, incompetent, or unethical health care that requires direct reporting under the Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association.

What's happening now October 12, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
Walters, Mimi
· Nov 16, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Nov 1, 2017
Poliquin, Bruce
· Oct 12, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4059: Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4059/
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"H.R. 4059: Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4059/.
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H.R. 4059, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4059/.
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