[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2256 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2256

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report on the Veterans Health 
 Administration and the furnishing of hospital care, medical services, 
      and nursing home care by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2015

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report on the Veterans Health 
 Administration and the furnishing of hospital care, medical services, 
      and nursing home care by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    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 a the ``Veterans Information Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND FURNISHING 
              OF HOSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURSING HOME 
              CARE.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 7330B. Annual report on Veterans Health Administration and 
              furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and 
              nursing home care
    ``(a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1 of each year, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
Senate and House of Representatives a report on the furnishing of 
hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care under the laws 
administered by the Secretary and on the administration of the 
provision of such care and services by the Veterans Health 
Administration during the calendar year preceding the calendar year 
during which the report is submitted.
    ``(b) Contents of Report.--Each report required by subsection (a) 
shall include each of the following for the year covered by the report:
            ``(1) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Veterans 
        Health Administration program in increasing the access of 
        veterans eligible for hospital care, medical services, and 
        nursing home care furnished by the Secretary to such care.
            ``(2) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Veterans 
        Health Administration in improving the quality of health care 
        provided to such veterans, without increasing the costs 
        incurred by the Government or such veterans, which includes the 
        relevant information for each medical center and Veterans 
        Integrated Service Network of the Department set forth 
        separately.
            ``(3) An assessment of--
                    ``(A) the workload of physicians and other 
                employees of the Veterans Health Administration;
                    ``(B) patient demographics and utilization rates;
                    ``(C) physician compensation;
                    ``(D) the productivity of physicians and other 
                employees of the Veterans Health Administration;
                    ``(E) the percentage of hospital care, medical 
                services, and nursing home care provided to such 
                veterans in Department facilities and in non-Department 
                facilities and any changes in such percentages compared 
                to the year preceding the year covered by the report; 
                and
                    ``(F) pharmaceutical prices.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `hospital care', 
`medical services', `nursing home care', and `non-Department 
facilities' have the meanings given such terms in section 1701 of this 
title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
7330A the following new item:

``7330B. Annual report on Veterans Health Administration and furnishing 
                            of hospital care, medical services, and 
                            nursing home care.''.
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