3.0.0 1319 2023-02-14T14:28:47Z 2023-02-14T14:28:47Z Senate S 2021-04-22 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Markup by 2021-07-28T15:30:16Z Hearings by 2021-06-23T19:00:08Z Referred to 2021-04-22T19:51:21Z VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act 117 2775 HR 2021-07-14 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2021-07-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2021-06-23 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231. Committee 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 K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ N B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-04-22 True 2021-10-15T15:13:00Z S. 1319, VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57554 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs onJuly 28, 2021 Armed Forces and National Security Accounting and auditing Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Public contracts and procurement Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-04-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-09T15:42:12Z VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make certain staffing and quality of care data publicly available on a specified VA website. Among other elements, the information published on the website should include statistics related to patient wait times, effectiveness of care, and staffing and vacancy information.

The website must be (1) directly accessible from the main VA website and the main websites of each VA medical center, and (2) understandable and usable by the general public.

The VA must implement a self-auditing process to assess the accuracy and completeness of the data available on the website.

]]> VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act Display Title VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain information publicly available on one internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1319is/xml/BILLS-117s1319is.xml 2021-07-28 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. 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.