US Congress House Bill 501 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 12 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-09-26 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill requires the director of each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility to report quarterly to the VA on: the number of patients who contracted an infection as result of surgery at such medical facility, including a brief summary of each case; and the number of, and reasons for, scheduled surgeries that were cancelled or transferred to another facility and the subsequent number of days that each patient had to wait for surgery. The VA shall submit such reports and a summary of such reports to Congress and publish them on its website.

VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017

Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-09-26	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-01-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-01-12	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/501/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr501/BILLS-115hr501ih.pdf