[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2229 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2229

  To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct 
  audits relating to the timely access of veterans to hospital care, 
medical services, and other health care from the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 3, 2015

 Mrs. Shaheen 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 Comptroller General of the United States to conduct 
  audits relating to the timely access of veterans to hospital care, 
medical services, and other health care from 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 as the ``Veterans Scheduling Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUDITS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT 
              TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct random, 
periodic audits of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and the Veterans Integrated Service Networks to assess whether 
such facilities and Networks are complying with all standards imposed 
by law or by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to the 
timely access of veterans to hospital care, medical services, and other 
health care from the Department.
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