[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3831 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3831

  To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review the dialysis 
  pilot program implemented by the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
  submit a report to Congress before expanding that program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2014

Mr. Roe of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review the dialysis 
  pilot program implemented by the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
  submit a report to Congress before expanding that program, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Dialysis Pilot Program 
Review Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXPANSION OF DIALYSIS PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall not expand 
the dialysis pilot program or create any new dialysis capability 
provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs in any facility that is 
not an initial facility until after the date that--
            (1) the Secretary has implemented the dialysis pilot 
        program at each initial facility for a period of not less than 
        two years;
            (2) an independent analysis of the dialysis pilot program 
        has been conducted at each initial facility; and
            (3) the report required by subsection (b) has been 
        submitted.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
completion of the independent analysis required by subsection (a)(2), 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that--
            (1) includes the results of that independent analysis, 
        including a comparison of not only cost but non-cost factors 
        such as access to care, quality of care, and Veteran 
        satisfaction; and
            (2) addresses any recommendations with respect to the 
        dialysis pilot program provided in a report prepared by the 
        Government Accountability Office.
    (c) Use of Existing Dialysis Resources.--In order to increase the 
access of veterans to dialysis care and decrease the amount of time 
such veterans are required to travel to receive such care, the 
Secretary shall fully use the dialysis resources of the Department that 
exist as of the date of the enactment of this Act, including any 
community dialysis provider with which the Secretary has entered into a 
contract or agreement for the provision of such care.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``dialysis pilot program'' means the pilot 
        demonstration program established by the Secretary in 2009 to 
        provide dialysis care to patients at certain outpatient 
        facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) The term ``initial facility'' means one of the four 
        outpatient facilities identified by the Secretary to 
        participate in the dialysis pilot program prior to the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
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