3.0.0 4875 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z House H HR 2014-06-17 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BOUSTANY:H.R. 4875.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H5398]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2014-06-27T20:27:59Z Referred to 2014-06-17T16:01:15Z 2014-06-27 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2014-06-17 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2014-06-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-06-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] Charles Boustany R LA W. 3 N R000582 Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] David Roe R TN P. 1 2014-06-17 True Armed Forces and National Security Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-06-17 Introduced in House 2014-08-28T19:42:30Z Equalizing Transparency for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to biennially publish information on the VA's provision of health care on a VA Internet database that is publicly available.

Includes among that information for each VA medical facility:

  • quality measures regarding inpatient and outpatient care that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to make publicly available under the Medicare program;
  • the average length of stay, opioid prescription rate, and suicide rate for patients discharged from the facility; and
  • the average number of days a patient waited for an appointment or procedure at such facility.

Includes in such information for each VA nursing home any quality measures the Secretary of HHS makes publicly available regarding Medicare nursing homes.

Directs the Secretary to establish a process to validate the published information.

Requires the Secretary to annually submit a plan to Congress to improve each VA medical facility that ranks within the bottom quartile on each quality measure used by the Secretary to rank such facilities.

Directs the Secretary to establish a toll-free telephone number for individuals to use to notify the Secretary of low-quality care being provided at a VA medical facility.

]]> Equalizing Transparency for Veterans Act Display Title Equalizing Transparency for Veterans Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish information on the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Equalizing Transparency for Veterans Act Introduced in House 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4875ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4875ih.xml 2014-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.