[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3686 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3686

 To direct the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
   to make certain reports publicly available and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2015

   Mr. Emmer of Minnesota (for himself and Mr. Walz) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
   to make certain reports publicly available 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 Care and Reporting 
Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN REPORTS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) In the case of any investigation of the Inspector General 
involving patient health and safety relating to hospital care or 
medical services provided by the Department, the Inspector General 
shall--
            ``(A) in the case of such an investigation that is 
        administratively closed, provide a copy of the report of the 
        Inspector General on the investigation to--
                    ``(i) the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
                Senate and House of Representatives;
                    ``(ii) the Member of Congress representing the 
                district where the facility affected by the 
                investigation is located; and
                    ``(iii) if relevant, the Member of Congress who 
                referred the matter covered by the investigation to the 
                Inspector General;
            ``(B) in the case of any such investigation involving a 
        complaint that is referred to the Department for investigation, 
        provide notice of such referral and of the facility or issue 
        that is the subject of the underlying complaint to--
                    ``(i) the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
                Senate and House of Representatives;
                    ``(ii) the Member of Congress representing the 
                district where the facility affected by the 
                investigation is located; and
                    ``(iii) if relevant, the Member of Congress who 
                referred the matter covered by the investigation to the 
                Inspector General;
            ``(C) by not later than three days after the date on which 
        the report of the Inspector General on the investigation is 
        complete, make the report publicly available on the Internet 
        website of the Inspector General for a period of not less than 
        one year; and
            ``(D) in the case of such an investigation relating to a 
        medical facility of the Department, post a notice of the 
        investigation at an appropriate place where it is likely to be 
        seen by employees of the facility and on the Internet website 
        of the facility for a period of not less than 30 days.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the term `Member of Congress' means a 
Representative, a Senator, a Delegate to Congress, or the Resident 
Commissioner of Puerto Rico.''.
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