3.0.0 2995 2022-10-28T01:46:04Z 2022-10-28T01:46:04Z Senate S 2019-12-05 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-05T20:49:55Z Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2020 116 5616 HR 2020-02-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019 116 3147 S 2020-12-04 Became Public Law No: 116-212. Identical bill CRS 2019-12-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-12-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2019-12-05 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Veterans Affairs Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Employee performance Government buildings, facilities, and property Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Hospital care Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Medical tests and diagnostic methods Prescription drugs Veterans' medical care West Virginia Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-12-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-01-31T11:50:39Z Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report on the policies and procedures relating to patient safety and quality of care and the steps the VA has taken to improve such care at VA medical centers.

After any investigation or trial concludes, the VA must also report on the events involving deaths that occurred at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and the actions the VA has taken to prevent any similar reoccurrence.

]]> Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019 Display Title Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress reports on patient safety and quality of care at medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2995is/xml/BILLS-116s2995is.xml 2019-12-05 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.