US Congress House Bill 42 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To authorize the Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with appropriate civilian accreditation entities or appropriate health care evaluation entities to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This bill authorizes the Director of a Veterans Integrated Service Network of the Department of Veterans Affairs to contract with an entity specializing in civilian accreditation or health care evaluation to investigate any medical center within the network to assess deficiencies of the facilities at such medical center.

To authorize the Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with appropriate civilian accreditation entities or appropriate health care evaluation entities to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]

Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-01-19	House	Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
2017-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-01-03	House	Introduced in House

SB1266 (Related) 2017-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 115-95. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/42/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr42/BILLS-115hr42ih.pdf