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HR 4728 115th Congress House

Fixing VHA Facilities Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the office of the Health Monitor of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 21, 2017 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care quality
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Health facilities and institutionsHealth personnelHospital carePerformance measurementVeterans' medical care
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Dec 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 21, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 21, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 21, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fixing VHA Facilities Act

This bill establishes a Health Monitor in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) who shall:

  • identify and transmit a list of improvements for each low performing VA medical center to the director of an identified center, the VA, the House and Senate veterans' committees, and the appropriate senators and representative; and
  • notify list recipients of the extent to which a director has implemented the plan and any resulting performance change.

A monitor must have experience in federal oversight, health care administration, health care delivery and/or patient advocacy.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4728: Fixing VHA Facilities Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4728/
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"H.R. 4728: Fixing VHA Facilities Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4728/.
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H.R. 4728, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4728/.
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