3.0.0 4728 2023-01-11T13:39:12Z 2023-01-11T13:39:12Z House HR 2017-12-21 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 209 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:H.R. 4728.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H10420]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-12-21T19:36:06Z Referred to 2017-12-21T14:02:50Z 2017-12-21 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-12-21 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-12-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-12-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000580 Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] Michelle Lujan Grisham D NM 1 N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Hospital care Performance measurement Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-12-21 Introduced in House 2019-08-28T17:25:08Z Fixing VHA Facilities Act

This bill establishes a Health Monitor in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) who shall:

  • identify and transmit a list of improvements for each low performing VA medical center to the director of an identified center, the VA, the House and Senate veterans' committees, and the appropriate senators and representative; and
  • notify list recipients of the extent to which a director has implemented the plan and any resulting performance change.

A monitor must have experience in federal oversight, health care administration, health care delivery and/or patient advocacy.

]]> Fixing VHA Facilities Act Display Title Fixing VHA Facilities Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the office of the Health Monitor of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Fixing VHA Facilities Act Introduced in House 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4728ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4728ih.xml 2017-12-21 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.