3.0.0 2922 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z Senate S 2016-05-11 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-11T21:45:01Z Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2015 114 3879 HR 2015-11-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2016-05-11 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-15T20:30:38Z Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2016

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter into covered partnerships and contracts for the mutually beneficial coordination, use, or exchange of covered VA health-care resources with eligible academic affiliates in order to improve access to, and quality of, VA hospital care and medical services.

The VA shall use non-competitive procedures in the case of a partnership or contract for:

  • coordination, use, or exchange of a clinical service;
  • use of medical equipment or space;
  • research;
  • construction or lease of clinical space;
  • use of any full-time equivalent VA employee or contractor; or
  • use of any full-time equivalent employee jointly hired by the VA and an eligible academic affiliate.
]]> Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2016 Display Title Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for partnerships and contracts between the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and eligible academic affiliates for the mutually beneficial coordination, use, or exchange of health-care resources, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2922is/xml/BILLS-114s2922is.xml 2016-05-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.