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H.R. 4728 — Fixing VHA Facilities Act | PoliFocus

H.R. 4728115th Congress

Fixing VHA Facilities Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the office of the Health Monitor of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security

Summary

Fixing VHA Facilities Act

This bill establishes a Health Monitor in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) who shall:

identify and transmit a list of improvements for each low performing VA medical center to the director of an identified center, the VA, the House and Senate veterans' committees, and the appropriate senators and representative; and
notify list recipients of the extent to which a director has implemented the plan and any resulting performance change.

A monitor must have experience in federal oversight, health care administration, health care delivery and/or patient advocacy.

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Legislative Actions

2017-12-21
Introduced in House
2017-12-21
Introduced in House
2017-12-21
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-12-21
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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