3.0.0 1307 2023-01-11T13:49:13Z 2023-01-11T13:49:13Z Senate S 2021-04-22 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-22T17:40:06Z Improving Confidence in Veterans’ Care Act 117 217 HR 2021-02-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act 117 2041 S 2021-07-28 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Related bill CRS 2021-04-22 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-04-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS N Armed Forces and National Security Accounting and auditing Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Employee hiring Employee performance Employment and training programs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Licensing and registrations Medical ethics Personnel records Prescription drugs Public contracts and procurement Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-04-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-11-09T12:02:11Z Department of Veteran Affairs Provider Accountability Act

This bill prescribes oversight requirements for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding health care professionals at VA medical centers.

Specifically, the bill requires the VA to ensure each VA medical center consistently compiles, verifies, and reviews specified documentation for each VA health care professional (including contractors).

The VA shall ensure that specified health care professionals hold an active Drug Enforcement Administration registration.

Each VA medical center must implement (1) monitoring of the performance and quality of the health care delivered by each health care professional at the center, and (2) reviews of such care if an individual notifies the VA of any potential concerns relating to a failure to meet generally accepted standards of clinical practice.

The bill imposes notification requirements in situations where the VA substantiates a concern relating to the clinical competency of, or quality of care delivered by, a current or former VA health care professional.

The VA is prohibited from entering into a settlement agreement relating to an adverse action against a VA health care professional if such agreement includes terms that require the VA to conceal certain information from the employee's personnel file. Such prohibition does not apply to adverse actions determined to be prohibited personnel practices.

The VA must provide mandatory training, at least biannually, to employees who are responsible for specified tasks (e.g., those who are responsible for compiling, validating, or reviewing the credentials of VA health care professionals).

]]> Department of Veteran Affairs Provider Accountability Act Display Title Department of Veteran Affairs Provider Accountability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enforce licensure and related requirements for health care professionals of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Department of Veteran Affairs Provider Accountability Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1307is/xml/BILLS-117s1307is.xml 2021-04-22 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.