3.0.0 3224 2022-02-08T23:22:54Z 2022-02-08T23:22:54Z Senate S 2020-01-21 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-01-21T18:34:53Z 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 Technology Act 116 8172 HR 2020-09-04 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2020-01-21 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-01-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2020-01-21 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 2020-01-21 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-19T16:14:35Z VA Research Approval Efficiency Act of 2020

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 Approval Efficiency Act of 2020 Display Title VA Research Approval Efficiency Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced VA Research Approval Efficiency Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow for the use of commercial institutional review boards for research, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3224is/xml/BILLS-116s3224is.xml 2020-01-21 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.