H.R. 6066 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the productivity of the management of Department of Veterans Affairs health care, and for other purposes.

Summary

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to:

track VA provider workloads considering the time, mental effort and judgment, technical skill, physical effort, and stress involved in delivering a procedure;
require VA providers to attend training on clinical procedure coding; and
establish standardized performance standards for each VA facility in order to evaluate clinical productivity at the provider and facility levels.

H.R. 4242VA Care in the Community Act
2018-03-05Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.
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2018-06-08
Introduced in House
2018-06-08
Introduced in House
2018-06-08
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2018-06-13
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2018-06-13
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2018-06-27
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2018-06-27
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2018-07-12
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2018-07-12
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2018-11-16
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-1034.
2018-11-16
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-1034.
2018-11-16
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 807.