3.0.0 8172 2023-01-11T13:45:02Z 2023-01-11T13:45:02Z House HR 2020-09-04 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 153 (Friday, September 4, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. LURIA:H.R. 8172.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 9, Clauses 12 and 13, which grantCongress the power to establish a military, and Clause 18,which grants Congress the necessary and proper powers tocarry out its other enumerated powers.[Page H4326]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-09-04T14:33:00Z Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 116 785 S 2020-10-17 Became Public Law No: 116-171. Related bill CRS VA Research Approval Efficiency Act of 2020 116 3224 S 2020-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2020-09-04 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2020-09-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-09-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000591 Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] Elaine Luria D VA G. 2 N B001299 Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3] Jim Banks R IN 3 2020-09-04 True Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Executive agency funding and structure Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Medical research Public-private cooperation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-09-04 Introduced in House 2021-01-28T15:13:32Z VA Research Technology Act

This bill addresses clinical research procedures within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Specifically, the bill requires the VA to complete policy revisions within the internal directive titled Requirements for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research to allow sponsored clinical research of the VA to use accredited commercial institutional review boards to review VA research proposal protocols.

The VA must identify accredited commercial institutional review boards for use in connection with sponsored clinical research of the VA and establish a process to modify existing approvals if a board loses its accreditation during an ongoing clinical trial.

The bill also requires the VA to establish an Office of Research Reviews within the VA's Office of Information and Technology. The office shall (1) perform centralized security reviews and complete security processes for approved research sponsored outside the VA, (2) develop and maintain a list of commercially available software preferred for use in sponsored clinical trials of the VA, (3) ensure such software list is maintained as part of the official approved software products list, and (4) develop benchmarks for time lines for security reviews.

]]> VA Research Technology Act Display Title VA Research Technology Act Short Title(s) as Introduced VA Research Technology Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use accredited commercial institutional review boards to review research proposal protocols of the Department, and to establish an Office of Research Reviews in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8172ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8172ih.xml 2020-09-04 Referred to the House 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.