US Congress House Bill 4059 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Introduced on October 12 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-12 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA physician is informed of the duty to report any covered activity committed by another physician that the physician witnesses or otherwise directly discovers to the applicable state licensing authority within five days. "Covered activity" means any activity occurring in a VA medical facility that consists of or causes the provision of impaired, incompetent, or unethical health care that requires direct reporting under the Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association.

Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2017

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-10-12	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4059/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4059/BILLS-115hr4059ih.pdf