[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2797-S2798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2254. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2372, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 513. IMPROVING ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN VETERANS HEALTH 
                   ADMINISTRATION BY REQUIRING REPORTING OF MAJOR 
                   ADVERSE ACTIONS TAKEN TO NATIONAL PRACTITIONER 
                   DATA BANK AND STATE LICENSING BOARDS.

       Section 7461 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:

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       ``(f) Whenever the Under Secretary for Health (or an 
     official designated by the Under Secretary) brings charges 
     based on conduct or performance against a section 7401(1) 
     employee and as a result of those charges a major adverse 
     action is taken against the employee, the Under Secretary 
     shall, not later than 30 days after the date on which such 
     major adverse action is carried out, transmit to the National 
     Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable State licensing 
     board the name of the employee, a description of the major 
     adverse action, and a description of the reason for the major 
     adverse action.''.
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