3.0.0 2107 2023-01-11T13:39:23Z 2023-01-11T13:39:23Z Senate S 2017-11-09 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-11-09T14:58:53Z 2017-11-09 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-11-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2017-11-09 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2017-11-14 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2017-12-12 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2018-01-30 False Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Employee performance Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Health care quality Health information and medical records Health personnel Licensing and registrations Medical ethics Personnel records Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-11-09 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-17T16:40:01Z Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act

This bill provides that when the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) brings a major adverse action against certain Veterans Health Administration medical employees the VA shall transmit to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable state licensing board the employee's name and the reason for such action.

The VA may not enter into a settlement agreement regarding a claim by a VA employee under which it would be required to conceal a serious medical error or purge a negative record from an employee's personnel file. Such provision shall not apply to a negative record if the VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection and the Office of Special Counsel jointly certify that the negative record is not legitimate.

]]> Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act Display Title Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act Short Titles as Introduced Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State licensing boards, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2107is/xml/BILLS-115s2107is.xml 2017-11-09 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.