[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1547 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1547

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 25 (legislative day, September 24), 2013

   Mr. Burr introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             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 2013''.

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

    (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall not expand 
the dialysis pilot program to 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; and
            (2) addresses any recommendations with respect to the 
        dialysis pilot program provided in a report prepared by the 
        Government Accountability Office.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Dialysis pilot program.--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) Initial facility.--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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