3.0.0 3501 2023-01-11T13:41:19Z 2023-01-11T13:41:19Z Senate S 2018-09-26 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-09-26T14:12:45Z 2018-09-26 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2018-09-26 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2018-09-26 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2018-09-26 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-12-13 False Armed Forces and National Security Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health personnel Hospital care Licensing and registrations Public contracts and procurement Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2018-11-21T23:19:23Z Ensuring Quality Care for our Veterans Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with a nonfederal organization to conduct a quality management review of hospital care or medical services furnished by each Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provider whose license was terminated by a state licensing board based upon care or services provided in a non-VHA facility.

If a review determines that the standard of care was not met, the VA shall notify the individual who received such care or services.

]]> Ensuring Quality Care for our Veterans Act Display Title Ensuring Quality Care for our Veterans Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a contract or other agreement with a third party to review appointees in the Veterans Health Administration who had a license terminated for cause by a State licensing board for care or services rendered at a non-Veterans Health Administration facility and providing individuals treated by such an appointee with notice if it is determined that an episode of care or services to which they received was below the standard of care, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ensuring Quality Care for our Veterans Act Introduced in Senate 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3501is/xml/BILLS-115s3501is.xml 2018-09-26 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.