3.0.0 4059 2023-01-11T13:38:25Z 2023-01-11T13:38:25Z House HR 2017-10-12 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 164 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:H.R. 4059.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution[Page H8032]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-10-12T14:01:45Z 2017-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-10-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-10-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 N R000582 Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] David Roe R TN P. 1 2017-10-12 True P000611 Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] Bruce Poliquin R ME 2 2017-10-12 True P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2017-11-01 False H001071 Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10] Jody Hice R GA B. 10 2017-11-01 False W000820 Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45] Mimi Walters R CA 45 2017-11-16 False C001077 Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] Mike Coffman R CO 6 2017-12-11 False M001187 Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] Mark Meadows R NC 11 2018-01-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Health care quality Health personnel Medical ethics Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-10-12 Introduced in House 2017-11-09T22:42:43Z Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA physician is informed of the duty to report any covered activity committed by another physician that the physician witnesses or otherwise directly discovers to the applicable state licensing authority within five days.

"Covered activity" means any activity occurring in a VA medical facility that consists of or causes the provision of impaired, incompetent, or unethical health care that requires direct reporting under the Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association.

]]> Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017 Display Title Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs fulfill the ethical duty to report to State licensing authorities impaired, incompetent, and unethical health care activities. Introduced in House 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4059ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4059ih.xml 2017-10-12 Referred to the House 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.