3.0.0 3516 2018-06-02T07:49:00Z 2022-11-05T05:44:38Z Senate S 2016-12-07 114 Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 114 5262 HR 2016-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 114 2896 S 2016-05-24 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-702. Related bill CRS 2016-12-08 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 717. Calendars 2016-12-07 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2016-12-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-12-07 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-21T15:39:48Z VA Best-Practices Peer Review Act of 2016

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide for the conduct by a nongovernmental hospital organization of a best-practices peer review of each VA medical center to evaluate the efficacy of health care delivered at each such center.

The VA must give priority for such review to the VA centers with the longest wait times for an appointment or the worst health outcomes.

]]> VA Best-Practices Peer Review Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced VA Best-Practices Peer Review Act of 2016 Display Title VA Best-Practices Peer Review Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a best-practices peer review of each medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the efficacy of health care delivered at each such medical center. Placed on Calendar Senate 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3516pcs/xml/BILLS-114s3516pcs.xml 2016-12-08 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 717. 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.