[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2499 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2499
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an
information technology system and prioritize certain requirements to
manage supply chains for medical facilities of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 6, 2023
Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an
information technology system and prioritize certain requirements to
manage supply chains for medical facilities of 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 ``VA Supply Chain Management System
Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY CHAINS FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES OF
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary may carry out a covered information
technology system that--
(1) is cloud-based;
(2) includes functions relating to--
(A) inventory management of both expendable and
nonexpendable items covered by the system, with respect
to both--
(i) physical inventory; and
(ii) perpetual inventory;
(B) management of the receipt of such items, with
respect to--
(i) intake;
(ii) returns; and
(iii) the identification of such items that
are recalled;
(C) management of the storage of such items, with
respect to--
(i) local storage; and
(ii) centralized storage at a medical
facility or warehousing at a different location
for one or more medical facilities;
(D) management of the distribution of such items;
(E) the generation and scanning of barcodes or the
use of radio frequency identification technology or
other similar inventory tracking technology;
(F) reporting, consisting of--
(i) standard or preexisting reports; and
(ii) customizable or custom-generated
reports; and
(G) either in the system itself or through an
interface with an external information technology
system--
(i) capital asset management;
(ii) maintenance of a catalog of available
supplies; and
(iii) lifecycle tracking from acquisition
of such items through the disposal of such
items;
(3) with respect to the items covered by the system--
(A) includes--
(i) medical supplies;
(ii) surgical equipment and supplies;
(iii) laboratory equipment and supplies;
(iv) supplies and capital equipment
pertaining to facilities or real property;
(v) biomedical equipment;
(vi) textiles and apparel;
(vii) dental equipment and supplies; and
(viii) equipment and supplies relating to
the treatment of sleep apnea;
(B) may include (but, if not so included in the
system itself, the system shall include through an
interface with an external information technology
system)--
(i) prosthetic appliances requiring
extensive customization or fitting;
(ii) prosthetic appliances not requiring
extensive customization or fitting;
(iii) pharmaceuticals;
(iv) reusable medical equipment; and
(v) eyeglasses; and
(C) does not include--
(i) software;
(ii) equipment and supplies of the National
Cemetery Administration the management of which
cannot be accommodated by a process used by the
Veterans Health Administration; or
(iii) equipment and supplies of the
Veterans Benefits Administration the management
of which cannot be accommodated by a process
used by the Veterans Health Administration;
(4) has existing interfaces with or the capability to
interface with--
(A) procurement, purchasing, or ordering systems of
the Department;
(B) the Integrated Financial and Acquisition
Management System of the Department of Veterans
Affairs; and
(C) the electronic health record systems of the
Department, including--
(i) the Veterans Health Information Systems
and Technology Architecture and Computerized
Patient Record System; and
(ii) the electronic health record system
established under the Electronic Health Record
Modernization Program (as defined in section
503 of Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of
2018 (Public Law 115-407; 38 U.S.C. 5701 note
prec.));
(5) has the capacity to accommodate not fewer than 50,000
users; and
(6) includes any other functions, capabilities, or
components as determined by the Secretary.
(b) Requirements.--If the Secretary carries out a covered
information technology system under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall--
(1) determine whether the functions of the system are
satisfactory by piloting such functions at one facility of the
Department before expanding implementation of the system
throughout the Department; and
(2) with respect to the functions referred to in subsection
(a)(1)(A), prioritize the delivery of inventory management
capabilities.
(c) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to
information technology systems used by the Secretary at joint
facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of
Defense.
(d) Completion of Implementation.--The Secretary shall complete the
implementation of a covered information technology system by not later
than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(e) Covered Information Technology System Defined.--In this
section, the term ``covered information technology system'' means an
information technology system, or a system of systems, for the
management of supply chains, including with respect to inventory and
other functions.
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