[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2965 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2965

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for penalties for 
employees of the Veterans Health Administration who intentionally fail 
                 to follow infection control practices.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2011

Mr. Turner of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for penalties for 
employees of the Veterans Health Administration who intentionally fail 
                 to follow infection control practices.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FAILURE OF VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES TO 
              FOLLOW INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES.

    (a) Criminal Penalties.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter V of chapter 74 of title 38, 
        United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new section:
``Sec. 7465. Failure to follow infection control practices
    ``(a) In General.--Any employee of the Veterans Health 
Administration who, while working in a Department medical facility, 
intentionally fails to follow infection control practices shall be 
fined in accordance with title 18, or imprisoned for not more than one 
year, or both.
    ``(b) Infection Control Practices.--The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall establish infection control practices for purposes of 
this section.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end of 
        the items relating to such subchapter the following new item:

``7465. Failure to follow infection control practices.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) of section 7465 of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with 
respect to actions taken on or after the date that is 30 days after the 
date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs establishes infection 
control practices, as required by subsection (b) of such section.
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