3.0.0 3737 2023-01-11T13:40:41Z 2023-01-11T13:40:41Z Senate S 2018-12-11 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-12-11T18:21:13Z Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act 115 5418 HR 2018-08-01 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616. Identical bill CRS 2018-12-11 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-12-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health facilities and institutions Health technology, devices, supplies Public contracts and procurement Surgery and anesthesia Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-12-11 Introduced in Senate 2019-07-26T14:43:32Z Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

This bill makes changes to the process by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) procures certain medical, surgical, dental or laboratory supplies for its medical centers. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to (1) award contracts to multiple regional prime vendors instead of a single nationwide prime vendor, and (2) prohibit a prime vendor from solely designing the formulary (list of medicines covered) for such supplies.

The VA shall ensure that VA employees who conduct formulary analyses or makes decisions about including items on the formulary have relevant medical expertise. Additionally, the VA shall provide Congress with periodic lists of such individuals and their medical expertise listed by categories of formulary items.

]]> Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act Display Title Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program using multiple prime vendors, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act Introduced in Senate 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3737is/xml/BILLS-115s3737is.xml 2018-12-11 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.