[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2946. Mrs. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of title II of division C, add the following:

     SEC. 2__. THIRD PARTY REVIEW OF APPOINTEES IN VETERANS HEALTH 
                   ADMINISTRATION WHO HAD A LICENSE, REGISTRATION, 
                   OR CERTIFICATION FOR THE PROVISION OF HOSPITAL 
                   CARE OR MEDICAL SERVICES REVOKED AND NOTICE TO 
                   INDIVIDUALS TREATED BY THOSE APPOINTEES.

       (a) Third Party Review.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall enter into a contract or other agreement with an 
     organization that is not part of the Federal Government to 
     conduct a clinical review of the hospital care and medical 
     services furnished by covered individuals.
       (b) Notice to Patients Treated by Covered Individuals.--
     With respect to hospital care or medical services furnished 
     by a covered individual under the laws administered by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, if a clinical review 
     determines that an experienced, competent practitioner would 
     have managed the care or services differently, the Secretary 
     shall notify any individual who received such care or 
     services from the covered individual.
       (c) Covered Individual.--For purposes of this section, a 
     covered individual is an individual who was appointed to a 
     position in the Veterans Health Administration covered by 
     subsection (b) of section 7402 of title 38, United States 
     Code, in violation of subsection (f) of such section because 
     the individual had a license, registration, or certification 
     applicable to the provision of hospital care or medical 
     services terminated for cause.
       (d) Hospital Care and Medical Services Defined.--In this 
     section, the terms ``hospital care'' and ``medical services'' 
     have the meanings given those terms in section 1701 of title 
     38, United States Code.
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