3.0.0 663 2023-01-11T13:36:15Z 2023-01-11T13:36:15Z Senate S 2017-03-15 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-15T20:51:26Z 2017-03-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Hospital care Indian social and development programs Minority health Rural conditions and development Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-25T16:03:57Z Veterans Choice Program Resolution Act

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to direct the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to select from among employees of the Office of Inspector General a Choice Program Ombudsman to manage complaints about program hospital care and medical services.

The VA shall publish on publicly available Internet websites of the VA and the Office of Inspector General information regarding the process for submitting a complaint to the Ombudsman.

]]> Veterans Choice Program Resolution Act Display Title Veterans Choice Program Resolution Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the position of Choice Program Ombudsman within the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs to manage complaints regarding the provision of hospital care and medical services under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Choice Program Resolution Act Introduced in Senate 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s663is/xml/BILLS-115s663is.xml 2017-03-15 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.