3.0.0 1163 2023-01-11T13:36:26Z 2023-01-11T13:36:26Z Senate S 2017-05-17 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-17T19:38:55Z Veterans' Health Care Integrity Act of 2017 115 2555 HR 2017-05-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS VA Scheduling Accountability Act 115 467 HR 2017-05-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2017-05-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3016) IntroReferral 2017-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2017-05-17 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2017-05-17 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-05-17 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-05-17 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-05-18 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Employee performance Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Home and outpatient care Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-08T20:55:46Z Veterans' Health Care Integrity Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the director of each VA medical facility annually certifies that: (1) the facility is in full compliance with all provisions of law and regulations relating to scheduling appointments for veterans hospital care and medical services, and (2) any official data on appointment wait times is accurate.

The VA may not waive any applicable provision of such laws or regulations.

If unable to make such certification, a director shall provide the VA with an explanation of any noncompliance and a description of compliance actions being taken. If a director does not make a certification for any year, each covered official may not receive specified awards or bonuses during the subsequent year. "Covered officials" are a facility's director, chief of staff, associate director, associate director for patient care, and deputy chief of staff.

The VA shall ensure that its directives and policies apply to, and are implemented by, each VA office or facility in a uniform manner.

The following VA positions shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate: (1) Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management, (2) Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services, (3) Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, (4) Deputy Under Secretary for Disability Assistance, and (5) Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations.

]]> Veterans' Health Care Integrity Act of 2017 Display Title Veterans' Health Care Integrity Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure compliance of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs with requirements relating to the scheduling of appointments, to require appointment by the President and confirmation by the Senate of certain health care officials of the Department, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Health Care Integrity Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1163is/xml/BILLS-115s1163is.xml 2017-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3016) 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.