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S 3737 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health facilities and institutions Health technology, devices, supplies Public contracts and procurement Surgery and anesthesia Veterans' medical care

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

Introduced: December 11, 2018 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 11, 2018
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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.

What's happening now December 11, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5418 Identical bill Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3737: Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3737/
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"S. 3737: Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3737/.
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S. 3737, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3737/.
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[S. 3737: Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3737/)
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